Excerpt from Memoirs of Hans Hendrik, the Arctic Traveller: Serving Under Kane, Hayes, Hall and Nares, 1853-1876 This peculiar record requires some explanation, both as to the author himself, and as to the renowned travellers whom he accompanied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.