LETTER XI 
WE SAIL FOR BEAR ISLAND, AND SPITZBERGEN—CHERIE ISLAND— 
BARENTZ—SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY—PARRY’S ATTEMPT TO REACH 
THE NORTH POLE—AGAIN AMONGST THE ICE—ICEBLINK—FIRST 
SIGHT OF SPITZBERGEN—WILSON—DECAY OF OUR HOPES—CON¬ 
STANT STRUGGLE WITH THE ICE—WE REACH THE 80° N. LAT.—A 
FREER SEA—WE LAND IN SPITZBERGEN—ENGLISH BAY—LADY 
edith’s glacier—a midnight photograph—no reindeer to 
BE SEEN—ET EGO IN ARCTIS—WINTER IN SPITZBERGEN—PTAR¬ 
MIGAN— THE BEAR-SAGA—THE “ FOAM ” MONUMENT—SOUTH¬ 
WARDS—SIGHT THE GREENLAND ICE—A GALE—WILSON ON THE 
MALSTROM— BREAKERS AHEAD — ROOST — TAKING A SIGHT — 
THRONDHJEM. 
Throndhjem, Aug. 22d, 1856. 
We have won onr laurels, after all! We have landed 
in Spitzbergen—almost at its most northern extremity; 
and the little “ Foam ” has sailed to within 630 miles of 
the Pole; that is to say, within 100 miles as far north 
as any ship has ever succeeded in getting. 
