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Excerpt from Narrative of the North Polar Expedition: U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding
Although the primary object of my voyages to the North has not been for geography, yet I have been en abled to make considerable advance in geographical dis coveries. There is a great sad blot upon the present age, which ought to be wiped out, and this is the blank on our maps and artificial globes from about the parallel of 80 North up to the North Pole. I, for one, hang my head in shame. When I think how many thousands of years ago it was that God gave to man this beautiful world - the whole of it - to subdue, and yet that part of it which must be most interesting and glorious, at least so to me, remains as unknown to us as though it had never been created. Having now completed my Arctic collegiate cd ucation, I feel to spend my life in extending our knowl edge of the earth up to that spot which is directly under Polaris - the crowning jewel of the Arctic dome. I hope to start on my next voyage next spring. Shortly, I expect to apply to our Government for its aid, feeling that the day has come when the great problem of ages on ages must be solved under the stars and stripes.
March 29, 1870, he writes to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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