THIRTY YEARS 



IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Bib John Franklin's first expedition to the Arctic 

 us was made in the year L816, as Lieutenant 

 under Captain Buehan, with the ships" Dorothea" and 

 " Trent." 



After mucli difficulty, these vessels gained lat. 



80 deg. 34 min., north of Spitzbergen ; hut were ob- 



edily to withdraw, and try their fortune off 



the western edge of the pack. Here, however,a wild 



war of ICO and waves prevailed, BO that choiceand Q6- 



cessity equally induced the bold experiment of dash- 

 ing through it, to take shelter in the puck. First 

 went the " Dorothea," and then the " Trent," whose 

 med to a man imbued with the dauntless 

 spirit of the Lie a tenant in command. A dreadful 

 pause preceded the critical moment " Each pei 

 says Beechey, in his narrative, " instinctively secured 

 his own hold, and, with his eyes fixed upon his i 



