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A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN. 
Cornwall, Belcher Channel, and portions of North 
Devon. M'ClintOck examined Prince Patrick Island,, 
while Commanders Richards, Sherard Osborn, and 
others, explored the northern shores of Melville* 
Bathurst, and Cornwallis Islands. In 1851 and 1852 
Captain Collinson sailed through Behring’s Strait, 
through Dolphin and Union Strait, to Victoria Land, 
and proceeded in sledge to Gateshead Island, thus- 
overlapping the furthest point reached by Sir John 
Franklin. In 1851 Dr. Rae made a more minute 
examination of Boothia Felix, fully established the 
fact that King William’s Island was an island, and 
found numerous relics belonging to Sir John Franklin’s 
crews at the same time that he collected the reports 
of the natives as to their fate, and fairly earned the 
Government reward of £10,000. 
Independently of the geographical results which 
were achieved by Dr. Rae’s journeys, an especial value 
attaches to them on other accounts. They stand out 
prominently in the annals of Arctic voyages as having 
been carried out at less comparative expense than 
almost any other, and yet as efficiently as any. They 
are good examples, out of several journeys which 
might be instanced, illustrative of the fact that Arctic 
voyages have been and can be successfully conducted 
by private individuals and private funds as well as. 
