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Title: Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Newcomb, Raymond Lee
Subjects: De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881 Jeannette (Ship) Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881)
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., American Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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The fresh meat was very acceptable,and the blubber made good fuel. The boiled skin was notunlike tough tripe or, better yet, pigs feet, and with vinegarI think would be very good. As we journeyed toward landthe number of birds increased, among them kittiwake andivory gulls, guillemots ( U. grylle) and ( U. Brunichii). Thegulls (i2. tridactyla) were most numerous. The ice July 24th was very lively, moving in circles as ifthe pack was being jammed and pushed by the land. Onthe 26th, at intervals when the fog lifted, I could with a 310 THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. glass see the gulls sitting on the cliffs. Light showers thisevening, with the ice churning in every direction. Sound-ings to-day in thirteen fathoms; murres and guillemots weremuch more numerous, being often seen with food in theirbeaks flying toward the shore. A good deal of fog prevailedat this time. On Friday, July 29th, after dinner, the fog suddenly lifted,disclosing the high cliffs of the land close at hand. This is
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AKNEXATION OP BENNETT ISLAND. a magnificent, though desolate, land of rushing torrents,glaciers and huge, impregnable, rocky fastnesses. Afterlively work we reached grounded ice near the southeast partof the island. Here were high basaltic crags of indescrib-able grandeur. The birds at this place were in great num-bers, the rocks being whitened with their maimre. Theywere coming and going all the time, day and night, cackling,chattering and laughing like parrots. With all this was abuzzing sound, as if from an enormous swarm of bees. A WALK AMONG THE BIRDS. 311 These birds were U. Brunichii. U. grylle were very com-mon, but scatter more when nesting. Our camp at this time was within fifty or sixty yards ofthe shore on the grounded ice. This evening after supperall hands were called, and headed by the captain, who carriedthe American ensign, marched ashore. After all were ga-thered about, the captain said:— The land we have been working for so long is a new dis-covery. I take possess

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