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mand of a still greater expedition then under discussion 
which had for its object the final solution of the oldest 
of Arctic problems, the existence of a North-West Pas- 
sage. 
Except for a voyage to the Arctic regions in 1848-49, 
when he commanded H. M. S. Enterprise in the search 
for Franklin, Ross had no more sea-service. He married 
immediately after his return and devoted himself to 
literary work and the study of the collections of marine 
invertebrates made by himself in the Antarctic regions. 
He died at Aylesbury on April 3, 1862. 
