His clothing is covered with frozen snow, his face lean and haggard, his beard a cluster of icicles.

The setting sun looks back to see the last victim die.
He meets her sinister gaze with a steady eye, as though bidding her defiance.

For a few minutes they glare at each other, then the curtain is drawn, and all is dark." As fears for Franklin's safety deepened into certainty of his loss with the passage of months and years, a multitude of searching expeditions were sent out, the earlier ones in the hope of rescuing him; the later ones with the purpose of discovering the records of his voyage, which all felt sure must have been cached at some accessible point.

Americans took an active--almost a leading--part in these expeditions, braving in them the same perils which had overcome the stout English knight.

By sea and by land they sought him.