TO 



SIR JOHN BARROW, BART., F.R.S., &c. 



THE ORIGINATER AND PROMOTER OF 



MODERN ARCTIC DISCOVERY, 

 THIS VOLUME, 



CONTAINING A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER 



THE COMMAND OF 



CAPTAIN DAVID BUCHAN, R.N. 



TOWARDS 



THE NORTH POLE, 



AND A SUMMARY OF 



EARLY ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE PACIFIC BY WAY OF 



THE POLE, 



IS, WITH PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 



BY 

 HIS FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED FRIEND, 



THE AUTHOR. 



March, 1843. 



