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THE POLAR WORLD. 



STARVATION BEACH. 



way to Valparaiso to visit the scene of the mission, and afford Captain Gardi- 

 ner any aid he might require, but, on arriving at the cove, he found it deserted. 

 After a few days' search the bodies were discovered, and fragments of a jour- 

 nal written by Captain Gardiner gave proof of the sufferings which they had 

 endured before death relieved them from their misery. The spot has received 

 the name of Starvation Beach. 



