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islands of the North American Archipelago west 

 of Ellesmerc Land and Grinnel Land : and just 

 one other entrance that from the North Pacific, 

 Behring's Strait 50 miles broad. Travel now 

 along the boundary of the North Polar Sea east- 

 wards ; first along the north coast of Europe and 

 Asia, from Norway round to Cape North in the 

 far east of Siberia ; thence on eastwards in west 

 longitude along the north coast of the extreme 

 eastern peninsula of Siberia ; then across Behring's 

 Strait along the north coast of the north American 

 continent to Mackenzie River and Franklin Bay : 

 then northwards and westwards along the eastern 

 and northern coasts of the outlying islands of that 

 great north American Archipalego so splendidly 

 explored by British Arctic expeditions within the 

 last 60 years : then from Parry Islands and 

 Queen's Channel and Belcher Channel strike 

 northwards and explore 300 miles of unknown 

 but probably existing east and north cast coasts of 

 Kllesmere Land and Grinnel land till you come to 

 Cape Alfred Ernest and Point Alert. Travelling 

 thence eashvards on Lieut. Aldrich's sledge route 



