XV 
DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPLECK 
ARCTIC SLEDGE-JOURNEY. 
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Tue sledge plays a very conspicuous part in the history of arctie discovery, as it 
enables the bold investigators of the icy wildernesses of the North to penetrate to 
many places, impervious to navigation, to establish dépéts of provisions for future 
emergencies, or even becomes the means of saving their lives when their ship has 
been lost or hopelessly blocked up. Whenever dogs can be had, these useful 
animals are made use of for the transport. Our plate represents one of these 
gledging parties threading its way through blocks of ice, and gives a good idea of 
the difficulties they have to encounter. 
