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Arctic Explorations.

With the departure of the Point Barrow expedition from San Francisco the last of the five Arctic exploring parties organized this year by the government, is away on its mission. These expeditions consist of the Rodgers, under Lieutenant Barry; the Alliance, under Commander Wadlegh; the Corwin, under Captain Hooper; the Proteus, under Lieutenant Greely; the Golden Fleece, under Lieutenant Ray. The Rodgers and the Corwin are to search for the Jeannette in the Behring Straits region, and the Alliance around Spitzbergen. The Proteus and the Golden Fleece simply carry out two colonies to establish permanent Arctic signal stations; the former at Lady Franklin Bay and the latter at Point Barrow.