IOCS.] previous; explorations— ANDERSON and STEWART. 



on its western shore, but not knowino- that MX 'lure liad follow (■<! 

 this course, he turned back and wintered in AA'alker Bay, Prince 

 Albert Land. Sledging parties AA^ere sent out in A^arious directions 

 during the AA'inter and early summer, and after the ice broke up in 

 Auo'ust, 1852. Prince Albert Sound was snrA^CA^ed. Collinson then 

 sailed eastward between AVollaston and Victoria lands and the main- 

 land to Cambridge Bay, AA'here he AA'as obliged again to seek AA^inter 

 quarters late in September. During the AA^inter of 1852-53 sledging 

 parties examined the southeastern coast of Victoria Land. The ship 

 Avas liberated in August, 1853, and Collinson retraced his AA'ay Avest- 

 ward. but was stopped by ice in Camden Bay, east of Point BarroAA\ 

 and forced to spend another AA'inter in the Arctic, after AAdiich he 

 returned to England. In his journal, AAhich was published in 1889, 

 Collinson giA^es many notes on natural historj^, mainh^ referring to 

 the AA'intering stations. 



The Re.sohife, Captain Kellett. and the Intrepid^ Captain M'Clin- 

 tock, two of the fleet of fiA'e A'essels which the British GoA^ernment 

 sent out in 1852 to searcli for the Franklin expedition, wintered at 

 Dealy Lsland. off the southern coast of Meh'ille Island. During the 

 spring of 1853 sledging parties under Mecham, M'Clintock, and 

 others, examined nearly the entire coast line of Prince Patrick Island, 

 and other portions of the adjacent region, one party under Lieutenant 

 Pim reaching and rescuing the crew of the Investigator^ as before 

 mentioned. The Resolute and Intrepkl were drawn out of Avinter 

 quarters in August, 1853, but soon afterwards were caught in the 

 ice, and after drifting during the folloAA^ng AA^nter. were abandoned 

 May 15, 185-1, in Meh'ille Sound, north of Prince of AVales Island. 

 Two others of the fleet, the Assistance and Pioneer, being also aban- 

 doned, the crews of the four A^essels, as well as that of th^ Investigator, 

 ATere taken home on the North Star. The abandoned Resolute es- 

 caped from the ice. and after drifting a thousand miles through 

 Lancaster Sound. Barrow Strait, and Baffin Bay. was recoA'ered in 

 DaA'is Strait north of CajDe Dyer by Captain Buddington, an Ameri- 

 can whaler, was purchased by the United States GoA'ernment. and 

 l^resented to Great Britain. M'Dougall's narratiA^e of the A^oyage of 

 the Resolute has been examined in the present connection and many 

 notes on the fauna of Prince Patrick Island and the adjacent region 

 haA'e been obtained from it. 



In 1855 James Anderson and James G. Stewart, of the Hudson's 

 Bay ComiDany, descended Back EiA^er to search for traces of the 

 Franklin expedition. They left Fort Resolution June 22 and pro- 

 ceeded to the eastern end of Great SlaA'e Lake and thence by the lakes 

 and riATrs, encountering great difficulties, to the head of Back RiA'er, 

 Avhere they arriA^d about July 13. Back EiA'er was then descended 

 to its mouth, and Montreal Island and portions of the shore of the 



