CAPE SALOR TO LOCKWOOD'S BEACON 



because of the task he had set himself he could thus with a good 

 conscience plant his American flag on Lockwood Island in the 

 mouth of de Long Fjord on the 13th of May. England, which 

 for three hundred years had held the honour of being the nation 

 which planted its flag farthest north, must now yield to the 

 Americans. England's farthest north, reached by Markham at 

 83° 20' 26", was now beaten by Lockwood's 83° 24'. It was 

 not much, but it was a record nevertheless. In his book 

 Greely describes the event in the following manner : 



" For three centuries England had held the honours of the 

 farthest north. Now Lockwood, profiting by their labours and 

 experiences, surpassed their efforts of three centuries by land 

 and ocean. And with Lockwood's name should be associated 

 that of his inseparable sledge companion Brainard, without 

 whose efficient aid and restless energy, as Lockwood said, the 

 work could not have been accomplished. So, with proper pride, 

 they looked that day from the vantage-ground of the farthest 

 north (Lockwood Island) to the desolate Cape which, until 

 surpassed in coming ages, may well bear the grand name of 

 Washington." 



Already on the 1st of June, sixty days after they started, 

 the expedition was back at Fort Conger, with all men in good 

 condition. 



Unfortunately, consideration of space limits my description 

 of Greely's Expedition, which, when one takes into considera- 

 tion the tragic fate which befell it, must surely be called the 

 most famous of them all. 



The members worked energetically during the whole of their 

 stay by Fort Conger, both in across the land and northward. 

 The most interesting part of their work was the exploration of 

 Grant Land, the inner reaches of which were at that time en- 

 tirely unknown ; by the aid of small light hand-carts the 

 explorers were enabled to examine the land thoroughly. 

 Especially important were the ethnographical results, as inland 

 near Lake Hazen several Eskimo camps were found. Greely 

 himself took part in the inland excursions, and the men's 

 capacity for work was highly increased by the circumstance 



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