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HISTORY OF THE SEA. 



largest, the North Georgian Islands, in honor of King George ; 

 and during the days of constant darkness a weekly news- 



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paper, entitled " The North Georgia Gazette and Winter 

 Chronicle," was edited by Captain Sabine, the astronomer. 



The sun reappeared on the 3d of February, 1820, after an 

 absence of ninety-one days. The theatre was soon closed and 

 the newspaper discontinued. The ice around the ships was 

 seven feet thick, though by the middle of May the crews had 

 cut it away so as to allow the ships to float, and had sawed a 

 channel for their boats. On the 1st of August, there was not 



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the slightest symptom of a thaw; on the 2d, the ice broke up 

 and disappeared with a suddenness altogether inexplicable. 

 Parry determined to return home at once, and arrived at Leith, 

 in Scotland, towards the close of October. He was received 

 with great favor, and was rewarded for his signal services by 

 promotion to the rank of captain. 



