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Chapter 17—The Fate of Sir John Franklin
Chapter 17—The Fate of Sir John Franklin The Forward succeeded, though not without difficulty, in getting by James Ross Sound, by frequent use of the ice-saws and gunpowder; the crew was very much fatigued. Fortunately the temperature was agreeable, and even thirty degrees above what James Ross found at the same time of year. The thermometer marked 34°. Saturday they doubled Cape Felix at the northern end of King William’s Land, one of the smaller islands of northern seas. At that time the crew became very much depressed; they gazed wistfully and sadly at its far-stretching shores. In fact, they were gazing at King William’s Land, the scene of one of the saddest tragedies of modern times! Only a few miles to the west the Erebus and Terror were lost. The sailors of the Forward were fam
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