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storms, and changes of season, the Pole has been approached 
from several different quarters. The northern edge which has 
hitherto appeared as a solid and impenetrable barrier, is much 
ess irregular than the other, and its outline invests a much 
smaller area. In the line of Baffin’s Bay it is not reached until 
appeared from whatever point observed—has been a fruitful 
eet oe of conjecture. We were almost wholly wanting 1m posi- 
ve knowledge until the present century. 
ge in aan effort 4s penetrate to the centre of the polar 
basin water, and disco by the fruitless attempts of 
Baffin, it dson, Poole, Phipps, and others, it was determined to 
alter the plan of operations 
plano tions, and boldly push out with sleds upon 
the frozen sea. From four several points such efforts have been 
te ihe Rakyat and Jana; by the 
