In 1859 numerous other relics were found, including a paper on which was the following memorandum.—
“25 April, 1848.—H. M. ships Terror and Erebus were deserted on 22 April, 5 leagues N.N.W. of this, having been beset since 12 Sept., 1846. The officers and crews, consisting of 105 souls, under the command of Captain F. R. M. Crozier, landed here in lat. 69° 37′ 42″ N., long. 98° 41′ W. Sir John Franklin died on 11 June, 1847, and the total loss by deaths in the expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men.
“And start on to-morrow, 26th, for Back’s Fish River.”
Nothing further has ever been heard of the discoverers of the northwest passage. They vanished in the great white silence.
Horace Kephart.
ADRIFT IN THE ARCTIC ICE PACK