XJF448205 Lieutenant Parr setting off to bring help to the northern sledge party, published in \'The Illustrated London News\', c.1875-78 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On April 2 1876, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-77, a party of men set out from their boats, the \'Alert\' and the \'Discovery\' in an attempt to be the first men to reach the north pole; The team of men, led by Commander Albert Markham (1841-1918), were hampered by poor conditions and eventually were forced to turn back, 400 miles short of the pole; As so few of the men in the party were fit to walk Lieutenant Alfred Parr (1849-1914), the fittest of the team, set off alone back to the ships to raise a rescue party; He walked for twenty four hours without a break but the rescue team that was sent did not reach the sledge party until shortly after one marine had died;); English, out of copyright.