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ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. 



saw enough to chill one's heart's blood. The corpse met his 

 view with head erect, and eyes staring at him with the overpow- 

 ering glare of death ! The tupic became her winding-sheet, and 

 stones were piled over her — her only monument." 



On November 2d, at 6 P.M., there was another magnificent dis- 

 play of the aurora. From east to west — south of us — was a beau- 

 tiful arch of living gold. The eastern base rested, to all appear- 

 ance, on the high land, as did also the western, and the centre of 

 the arch was 10° above the horizon south. 



AUEOBA AS SEEN FBOM FIELD BAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1S61. 



The wind was blowing strong, and the aurora truly appeared 

 as possessing life. It danced to and fro from one extreme to the 

 other. Its colors rivaled the rainbow, the pea-green predomina- 

 ting over the other hues. At the east a bank of golden rays shot 

 up far above all the rest. The stars were obscured as the "mer- 

 rie dancers" swept along in piles of coruscations. The arch con- 

 tinued to recede, falling lower and lower ; the reverse is the usual 

 course of the aurora, as far as my observation has extended. Not 

 a cloud could be seen. 



