The recorded Drifts of Beset Ships. Floe Parties, and Wreckage 



IN THE Arctic 



H.ntE 14. — 1. Wreckage of whalcship J)ainiflrss. 1817. 2. Floe pai'tv from (jenuan 

 |iol;ir rxpcdition. 18()9-70. 8. The Dutch whaling fleet. 1777. 4. Wreckane of 

 rile .hiiHiKtU-. 1.S70-1881. 5. 6. and 7. Casks released near Point Barrow. 1898. 

 N. Till' '/(U'ttlioff. '.). The St. Anna. 1(1. The Frain. 11. The Kariuk, 1918-14. 

 11'. Th.' Yoinin-riioenix. 13. The Fox. 18.J8. 14. The Polaris floe party. 1871- 

 1^":!. l.">. The Kcsolnto. 18r>4. 16. A tool box incased in ice. The outline of 

 til.' ceutijil area of polar cap ice is obtained by recording- the distance to which 

 \(sscls liave forced their way toward the pole. The pentagonal figure located 

 lietwecn the geographical pole and Alask;' is known as the ice pole or pole of 

 iii:iecessibilit3'. 



