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Dr E K Kane of
HAYES IN 1860−61 The object of Dr. Hayes’ expedition may be given in his own words:— “The plan of the enterprise first suggested itself to me while acting as surgeon of the expedition commanded by the late Dr. E. K. Kane, of the United States Navy.
— from The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole by George Bryce

Dr Elisha Kent Kane of
FOOTNOTES: [A] This was written in Lapland; and at the same time my friend Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, of immortal memory, lay upon his death-bed, in Havana.
— from Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

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