AN ARCTIC RESCUE 



and bits of metal. Still, nothing in the way of food came 

 amiss to them. They would devour anything that was in 

 any sense of the word edible, no matter whether it was 

 cooked or raw. 



Prom a painting by Albert Opertl 



CAPE SABINE 



Onward we went to Cape Parry, Northumberland, Cape 

 Alexander, McGary Island, and Littleton Island. We had 

 many encounters with the ice, but no mishap of any im- 

 portance overtook us. Off Cape York, the Bear had 

 parted her consort, and, therefore, on board the Thetis, we 

 had now two sources of anxiety. 



It was very apparent that Greely had not reached Little- 

 ton Island. It was possible that he had remained at Lady 

 Franklin Bay, but it was probable that he had gone to the 

 south. This naturally we could determine in no manner. 

 The other cause of anxiety was soon removed, for the Bear, 

 to our great delight, came steaming up and joined us just 

 before we had decided to leave Littleton Island. 



It was now determined to run over to Cape Sabine, ex- 

 amine the cairns there, establish a cache of four thousand 

 rations, and then immediately push on still further to the 

 north. We left a final record for Captain Coffin of the 



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