Excerpt from The Last of the Arctic Voyages, Vol. 1 of 2: Being a Narrative of the Expedition in H. M.S. Assistance, Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., In Search of Sir John Franklin, During the Years 1852-53-54Other matters, embracing periodic returns of gales, bad weather, and unaccountable disruption of the ice after winter had apparently set its seal on the season, offer subjects for interesting discussion. The effect of contrary tides, meeting as they do in this country about Dover, point out unmistakably the reason that Welling ton Channel remains sealed at the very moment that nature appears to promise its free navigation.

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