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vanced to the eastward along the coast, past Cape North, seen in Cook's last 

 voyage, and proceeded as far as Koliutschin Island, where he found some Tchuk- 

 tchi, who had come over from Bering's Straits to trade. 



With this journey terminated Wrangell's labors on the coasts, or on the sur- 

 face of the Polar Sea, and, at the beginning of the following winter, we find 

 him taking a final leave of Nishne-Kolymsk. On January 10, 1824, he arrived 

 at Jakutsk, and a few months later at Petersburg. If we consider the diffi- 

 culties he had to encounter, and his untiring zeal and courage in the midst of 

 privations and dangers, it is only fair to admit that his name deserves to be 

 ranked among the most distinguished explorers of the Arctic world. 



