FRENCHMAN COVE, CYRUS FIELD BAY. 
CHAPTER V. 
THE ARCTIC ISLANDS. 
little is known of the interior of even the more southerly of 
the Arctic islands. Up to the present time exploration has been 
largely confined to their coasts, with only a few isolated lines 
run acroSs their interiors. In this way, however, sufficient 
knowledge has been obtained to give a general idea of the geo- 
graphy, which will probably be greatly modified when future 
explorations have given more information. 
Thanks to the work done by the numerous search parties for 
the unfortunate Franklin and his companions, the coast lines 
