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466 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
becoming shut i n by ice, which caused the ship ( Investigator)
to ground, aud later to winter i n M e r c y B a y , he
would i n all p r o b a b i l i t y have got to open water, or have
entered and floated eastward w i t h the main pack, and have
u l t i m a t e l y succeeded i n accomplishing his own discovered
northern North- West Passage, and taken his ship safely to
E n g l a n d . "
I n 1875 C a p t a i n A l l e n Y o u n g , one of M c C l i n t o c k ' s volunteer
associates of 1857- 9, made a gallant attempt to sail
through Peel and F r a n k l i n straits, but he was forced back
by an impassable barrier of ice i n P e e l S t r a i t , latitude 72°
14' north. It was his i n t e n t i o n when he got there to pass
on the east side of K i n g W i l l i a m Island. This was another
case of failure caused by neglecting to observe Parry's ice
canons. Had Y o u n g proceeded via P r i n c e Regent Inlet and
B e l l o t Strait he would i n all p r o b a b i l i t y have taken his
ship through by the F r a n k l i n North- West Passage to England.
Even M c C l i n t o c k firmly believed that the three or
four mile- wide field of ice encountered by h i m off the west
end of B e l l o t S t r a i t i n September, 1858, was the only obstacle
which prevented h im f r om t a k i n g the Fox southward to the
Great F i s h R i v e r , passing east of K i n g W i l l i a m Island, and
f r om thence to a w i n t e r i n g position on V i c t o r i a L a n d , instead
of compelling h i m to l a y up i n the snug l i t t l e anchorage
which he named P o r t Kennedy, i n honour of the discoverer
of Bellot Strait. This he considered an appropriate and
agreeable duty, as i t is decidedly the port of his predecessor's
discovery.
Before closing these ( to me) old and well- known, but
always interesting, A r c t i c reminiscenses of former days, comp
i l e d mainly f r om the graphic descriptions of M c C l i n t o ck
and Schwatka, I would f a i n hope that their introduction here
w i l l have some effect, at least, i n the way of enhancing the
reader's pleasure i n the perusal and use of the combined
volume as a whole. I would further express an opinion
entertained b y me ever since I have c a r e f u l l y read and calmly
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| OCR | 466 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN becoming shut i n by ice, which caused the ship ( Investigator) to ground, aud later to winter i n M e r c y B a y , he would i n all p r o b a b i l i t y have got to open water, or have entered and floated eastward w i t h the main pack, and have u l t i m a t e l y succeeded i n accomplishing his own discovered northern North- West Passage, and taken his ship safely to E n g l a n d . " I n 1875 C a p t a i n A l l e n Y o u n g , one of M c C l i n t o c k ' s volunteer associates of 1857- 9, made a gallant attempt to sail through Peel and F r a n k l i n straits, but he was forced back by an impassable barrier of ice i n P e e l S t r a i t , latitude 72° 14' north. It was his i n t e n t i o n when he got there to pass on the east side of K i n g W i l l i a m Island. This was another case of failure caused by neglecting to observe Parry's ice canons. Had Y o u n g proceeded via P r i n c e Regent Inlet and B e l l o t Strait he would i n all p r o b a b i l i t y have taken his ship through by the F r a n k l i n North- West Passage to England. Even M c C l i n t o c k firmly believed that the three or four mile- wide field of ice encountered by h i m off the west end of B e l l o t S t r a i t i n September, 1858, was the only obstacle which prevented h im f r om t a k i n g the Fox southward to the Great F i s h R i v e r , passing east of K i n g W i l l i a m Island, and f r om thence to a w i n t e r i n g position on V i c t o r i a L a n d , instead of compelling h i m to l a y up i n the snug l i t t l e anchorage which he named P o r t Kennedy, i n honour of the discoverer of Bellot Strait. This he considered an appropriate and agreeable duty, as i t is decidedly the port of his predecessor's discovery. Before closing these ( to me) old and well- known, but always interesting, A r c t i c reminiscenses of former days, comp i l e d mainly f r om the graphic descriptions of M c C l i n t o ck and Schwatka, I would f a i n hope that their introduction here w i l l have some effect, at least, i n the way of enhancing the reader's pleasure i n the perusal and use of the combined volume as a whole. I would further express an opinion entertained b y me ever since I have c a r e f u l l y read and calmly |
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