Download or read book A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole written by Frederick William Beechey and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of expedition in search of North Pole led by D. Buchan in 1818. Sailed to Svalbard, where beset, and put into harbour. Traced pack ice edge towards Greenland. Also includes chronology of early attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole.