Letters from High Latitudes

In the course of the voyage Dufferin created a diary in the form of letters nominally written to his mother.

Upon his return to Reykjavík Dufferin was invited to join Prince Napoleon aboard his royal steamer La Reine Hortense.

The collier traveling with La Reine Hortense was damaged which required the French to abandon their investigations.

Dufferin then set sail for Jan Mayen Island where he had to land by small boat.

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