THE. ZOOLOGIST. 
THIRD SERIES. 
Vou: If.) SEPTEMBER, 1878. [No. 21. 
NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL. 
By H. W. Feinpen, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S8. 
(NATURALIST TO THE Pornar Exprpition, 1875-76). 
Durine fifteen months that I spent within the Arctic Circle 
with the Polar Expedition of 1875-76, I kept a regular journal, 
which was daily entered, either in a note-book when travelling, or 
more fully when on board ship. It is not proposed to reprint this 
journal zz extenso, but it is believed that extracts relating to the 
Botany, Zoology, and Geclogy of the voyage, if brought together 
in a consecutive form and sufficiently condensed, will interest the 
reader, without committing him to wade through the historical 
account of the Expedition. It is, however, with some diffidence 
that I have undertaken the task, because three separate works on 
the subject have recently appeared. In the first, Sir George 
Nares, the Commander of the Expedition, published a carefully 
compiled historical account of the voyage;* in the second, Capt. 
Markham, of the ‘Alert,’ has given a graphic account of his 
experiences and his journey over the ice of the Polar Sea;t whilst, 
thirdly, Dr. Moss, of the ‘ Alert,’ has just published a magnificent 
volume, { containing a series of unrivalled Polar sketches, in which 
the reader is brought face to face with the scenery of the Arctic 
World. Many references to the Natural History of the region 
visited are scattered through the pages of these three works, whilst 
in a series of appendices to Sir George Nares’ narrative, a 
* ‘Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea in H.M. ships “Alert” and 
“ Discovery.”’ : 
+ ‘The Great Frozen Sea.’ + ‘Shores of the Polar Sea.’ 
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