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A VOYAGE TO SPITZBEBGEN. 
Mount Parry, believed to be in 82° 14' N., which is 
the northernmost land yet discovered, and which, in the 
summer of 1854, was washed by an extensive open sea* 
In 1858 McClintock entered Pond Inlet. He explored 
portions of the coast line of North Somerset, proved 
the insularity of Prince of Wales’s Island, and so traced 
the whole coast of King William’s Island, where lie- 
heard of Sir John Franklin, and found both relics and 
documents appertaining to his party. Dr. Hayes, who 
had accompanied Dr. Kane, resumed the search up 
Smith’s Sound in 1860. His ship reached Port Foulke, 
which is thirty miles south of Rensselaer Bay. He 
crossed to the west side of Smith’s Sound, and followed 
the coast to 81° 35', and beyond this he saw a bold 
headland, Cape Union, which he placed in 82° 30' N. 
On May 17 there was very little ice to be seen in the 
ocean visible from the farthest point he reached. In 
1867 Captain Wells, of the steam whaler Arctic , took 
his ship as far north as the Humboldt Glacier, that is 
beyond Kane’s farthest by ship, and then, towards the 
end of June, there were no signs of ice to the north. 
In June, 1871, Captain Hall started for the north, in 
order to settle the question of this open sea, and to 
follow Grinnell Land to the Pole. 
Having disposed of the discoveries north of the 
American continent, those made to the north of 
