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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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iscovered the dead bodiesof De Long and two of his crew onMarch 23, 1883. They had perishedfrom exhaustion and want of food.The Rodgers was burnt in its winterquarters, and one of the officers, Mr.Gilder, made a hazardous journey home-wards through north-east Siberia. On September 18, 1875, LieutenantWeyprecht, one of the discoverers ofFranz-Joseph Land, read a thoughtfuland carefully prepared paper before alarge meeting of German naturalists atGratz on the scientific results to beobtained from polar research and thebest means of securing them. He urgedthe importance of establishing a num-ber of stations within or near the ArcticCircle, in order to record completeseries of synchronous meteorologicaland magnetic observations. VOYAGES IN THE POLAR WORLD. 261 Lieutenant Weyprecht did not liveto see his suggestions carried into exe-eution, but they bore fruit in due time. at another at St. Petersburg in 1882, andit was decided that each nation shouldestablish one or more stations \is*here
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BRILLIANT AURORA IN THE; POLAR SEA. The various nations of Europe wererepresented at an international polarconference at Hamburg in 1879, and synchronous observations should betaken from August 1882. This usefulproject was matured and executed. 262 VOYAGES IN THE POLAR WORLD. The American stations commencedwork in 1882. Lieutenant Greelysparty consisted of two other lieutenants,of twenty sergeants and privates of theUnited States army, and Dr. Pavy, anenthusiastic explorer who had been■educated in France, and had passed theprevious winter among the Eskimo ofGreenland. On August 11, 1881, thesteamer Proteus conveyed LieutenantGreely and his party to Lady FranklinBay during an exceptionally favorableseason ; a house was built at the Dis-covers winter-quarters, and they wereleft with two years provisions. Theregular series of observations was atonce commenced, and two winters werepassed without accident. Travellingparties were also sent out in the sum-mer, dogs having been obtained ntD

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