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known country and the tracing of about 25,000 miles of coast 

 line. The various relief expeditions explored as follows : 



Sir John Ross in i S49 990 miles 



Capt. x\ustin 6,087 



Belcher and Kellett 9.432 " 



McClure 2,350 " 



Collinsou 1 ,030 ' ' 



McClintock, 1857 800 " 



20,689 



Much of this had been partially explored b}- previous navi- 

 gators, but about 7,000 miles of previously unexplored coast 

 were added b}- the Franklin Reliefs. In the above state- 

 ment the miles of coast explored b}- American navigators and b}- 

 Lad}^ Franklin's parties (except McClintock's) are not in- 

 cluded, nor are the explorations of Dr. Rae. 



When ^McClintock withdrew his ship from the mazes of the 

 District of Franklin, the exploration of the District had been 

 nearh- accomplished. 



After that England lost interest in Arctic exploration, and 

 for fifteen years the British Government did nothing for the ad- 

 vancement of geographical research in north Polar regions, 

 lea\dng that kind of work to English 5-achtsmen, to Austrians, 

 Germans. Swedes, Norwegians, and Unistoniams, the latter con- 

 fining themselves chiefly to our side of the pole ; the others 

 givins: their attention to the Siberian side. 



On the map far to the north, you will see Ellesmere Land. 

 Schley Land, i\rthur Land, Grinnell Land, Garfield Coast and 

 Grant Land, separated from Greenland b}* Smith Sound. 

 Kenned}' Channel, Robeson Channel and Lincoln Sea. Elles- 

 mere Land and Smith Sound were named by Bafiin in 161 5. 

 Then till 1853 ^^o white man is known to have explored the 

 region. In that 3'ear, nearl}' 240 3'ears after Bafiin" s voysLge, Dr. 

 Kane, (U. S.), explored the Sound and went through Kane 

 Basin into Kennedj' Canal. He was followed bj' Dr. Ha3-es of 

 the United States in i860, who reached 81' 35'. Capt. Hall 

 (187 1 -2) received assistance from Mr. Robeson. Secretan.- of the 

 U. S. Naval Department, and passed through and named 



