Word: artic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Four students passed their holidays at the Eagle Mountain House, Jackson, N. H. and explored Tuckerman's Ravine and Kearsarge Mountain. As the thermometer indicated 15 degrees below zero while they were there it seemed rather a good preparation for Artic exploration...
...joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Chief Engineer George W. Melville describes his brave and meritorious conduct in the Artic regions, and authorizes the President to increase his rank and pay to that of chief engineer, with relative rank of commander in the navy, to take rank next after Chief Engineer Andrew J. Kiersted...