278 Arctic and Antarctic Exploration [part i 
made our ship's company a happy little community, and 
contributed materially to the success of the expedition/' 
The Queen conferred upon M'Clintock the honour of 
knighthood, but the great explorer could not even then be 
spared from Arctic work. The Admiralty undertook to 
run a line of deep sea soundings from the Faroes, by 
Iceland and Greenland, to Labrador. This important 
duty was entrusted to Sir Leopold M'Clintock in command 
of the Bulldog, and was thoroughly well done, during the 
severe Arctic summer of i860. 
At last Sir Leopold returned to the regular naval 
service, hoisting his flag twice, and after his retirement 
became a very active Elder Brother of the Trinity House. 
After serving his country for an unbroken active period 
of seventy-seven years, he died in harness on November 
17th, 1907, at the age of 89, one of the best and greatest 
of Arctic explorers. 
