against desecration by wandering wild beasts and heedless Esquimaux
Which that frozen land allowed.  He has brought home for reverent
sepulture, in a kindlier soil, the one body which bore transport.  Over
the rest he has set up monuments to emphasize the undying memory of
their sufferings and their exploit.  He has gathered tokens by which
friends and relatives may identify their dead, and revisit in
imagination the spots in which the ashes lie.  Lastly, he has carried
home with him material evidence to complete the annals of Arctic
exploration." 

The record of Schwatka's expedition is written in these pages.  Much of
it has already been published in detached letters by the 'New York
Herald', which engaged the author to act as its correspondent during
the journey.  Other hands than his have reduced it to its present shape,
for his restless energy has again driven him toward the North, and has
enlisted him among the crew of the 'Rodgers', which is seeking the
lost 'Jeannette'.  Beyond a mere concatenation of the chapters it
has been nowhere altered with a view to literary effect or sensational
color.  The notes from which it is drawn were made from day to day; and
if critics find in it facts which are either improbable or unpalatable,