The Recorded Drifts of Beset Ships. Floe parties, and Wreckage 



IN THE Arctic 



FiGiTSE 14. — 1. \Vr«(kaK(' of wlialesliip Itnuntlesx. 1S17. 2. Floe party from German 

 polar expedition. istUi-VO. S. Tin- Duteli whaling fleet. 1777. 4. Wreckage of 

 the .Trunnett( . 1N7'.I-1S,S1. r.. 0, and 7. Casks released near Point Barrow. 1898. 

 8. The Teoctthoir. '.K The .S'f. Ahiki. 10. The Fram. 11. The Kariiik. 1913-14. 

 12. Thf Yoiinfi-I'liociiix. l.'i. The /W, 1858. 14. The Polaria floe party. 1871- 

 1K7;{. l.j. The Resolute. lS.-»4. 10. A tool box Ineased in ice. The outline of 

 the central area of polar cap ice is obtained b.v recording- the distance to which 

 yessels have forced their way toward the pole. Tlie pentauonal figure located 

 between the geographical pole and Alaska is known as the ice pole or pole of 

 inaccessibilitj'. 



