. Récit d'un voyage vers les rivages de la mer polaire, dans les années 1819, 20, 21 et 22 [microform]. Expéditions scientifiques, Expéditions scientifiques. je !"&Lt ; ;:k et DU POLAR SEA. 401 a continué sans relâche jusqu'à cinq heures du matin, lorsqu'il a été remplacé par la neige sur tl e vent changeant en nord-ouest, qui a rapidement augmenté à un violent coup de vent. Comme nous n'avions rien à manger, et la misère des moyens de faire un feu, nous sommes restés dans nos lits tous les jours ; mais la couverture de nos couvertures était insuffisant pour nous empêcher de sentir la gravité de la gelée, et la souffrance en- conveni

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. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. i!«<;:k and OF THE POLAR SEA. 401 continued without intermission until five in the morning, when it was succeeded by snow on tl e wind changing to north-west, which soon increased to a violent gale. As we had nothing to eat, and were destitute of the means of making a fire, we remained in our beds all the day ; but the covering of our blankets was insufficient to prevent us from feeling the severity of the frost, and suffering in- convenience from the drifting of the snow into our tents. There was no abatement of the storm next day ; our tents were completely frozen, and the snow had drifted around them to a depth of three feet, and even in the inside there was a covering of several inches en our blankets. Our suffering from cold, in a comfortless canvass tent in such weather, with the temperature at 20°, and without fire, will easily be imagined; it was, however, less than that which we felt from hunger. The morning of the 7th cleared up a little, but the wind was still strong, and the weather extremely cold. From the unusual con- tinuance of the storm, we feared the winter had set in with all its rigour, and that by longer delay w^e should only be exposed to an accumulation of difficulties; we therefore prepared for our journey, although we were in a very unfit condition for starting, being weak from fasting, and our garments stiffened by the frost. We had no means of making a fire to thaw them, the moss, at all times difficult to kindle, being now covered with ice and snow. A considerable time was consumed in packing up the frozen tents and bed clothes, the wind blowing so strong that no one could keep his hands long out of his mittens. Just as we were about to commence our march, I was seized with a fainting fit, in consequence of exhaustion and sudden exposure to the wind; but after eating a morsel (^ p

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