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IN a letter to the French Geographical Society, published in the March Bulletin, Dr. Bessels, the principal scientific member of the Polaris Arctic Expedition, rebuts some of the statements published by Mr. Tyson, and gives some of the scientific results which were obtained. The position of the Observatory, obtained from many varied observations, was 81° 38′ N. lat, 61° 44′ W. long., and thirty-four feet above sea-level. Many careful observations were made on the tides, in meteorology, magnetism zoology, botany, geology, and with the pendulum, in order to determine the force of gravity. Unfortunately, in the catastrophe which happened to the ship, many of the results of these observations were lost; nevertheless, enough was saved to afford a fair idea of the physical geography, the geology, the fauna and flora of the region visited. Dr. Bessels is preparing a detailed account of the results obtained, and we believe has given much valuable information for the use of our own Arctic Expedition.
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Some Results of the “Polaris” Arctic Expedition . Nature 12, 49 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012049a0
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