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Some short sledge journeys were undertaken in the 
spring, and Dr Kane himself went as far as a large dis- 
charging glacier, to which he gave the name of Humboldt. 
His steward, a man named Morton, with the Eskimo 
Hans Hendrik and a team of dogs, crossed the front of 
the glacier, and saw some open water caused by a strong 
current, the extent of which he exaggerated. Unable 
to extricate the Advance, Dr Kane and his people had 
to face a second winter, unprovided either with fuel or 
with anything but salt provisions. Scurvy soon attacked 
them, but they were saved by the kindly natives, who 
shared with them the proceeds of their hunting. Half 
the brig being burnt for fuel and the provisions nearly 
spent, Dr Kane abandoned her on May 17th, 1855, and 
the whole party retreated to the Danish settlement of 
Upernivik, which they reached on August 6th, 83 days 
after abandoning the brig. The story of their hardships 
and sufferings, as told in the charming narrative of the 
accomplished leader, is very interesting. His work con- 
tains the best account of the Arctic Highlanders, from 
whom they received so much kindness and hospitality. 
It is, however, to be regretted that from the exaggerated 
story of his steward, Dr Kane should have built up such 
an untenable theory as that of an open polar sea, for 
it misled many persons for a long time. 
Dr Hayes, the surgeon of the Advance, obtained 
funds for an expedition to follow in the wake of Dr Kane. 
He sailed from Boston on July 10th, i860, in the United 
States, a schooner of 133 tons, with a crew of 15 men. 
The little craft was blown out of Smith Sound three 
times before she was at last fixed in winter quarters, 
ten miles north-east of Cape Alexander, the western 
portal of the Sound, and 20 miles south of Kane's winter 
quarters. Dr Hayes began his sledge travelling on April 
4th in the following year. He started with 12 men, 
14 dogs, and a metallic boat on runners ; but the latter 
was sent back, and the party was reduced to four men 
and two dog sledges. Crossing the Sound, they reached 
the coast of Ellesmere Island on May 10th, and travelled 
northwards until the 18th. There was great abundance 
of animal life and consequent exemption from scurvy at 
his winter quarters, which he called Port Foulke. The 
