Before the winter set in, Aldrich on land reached 82 deg.

48', which was three miles nearer the Pole than Parry's mark made forty-eight years before, and the following spring Markham gained 83 deg.

20' on the polar ocean.

Other parties explored several hundred miles of coast line.

But Nares was unable to cope with the scurvy, which disabled thirty-six of his men, or with the severe frosts, which cost the life of one man and seriously injured others.
The next expedition to this region was that sent out under the auspices of the United States government and commanded by Lieutenant--now Major-General--A.