Excerpt from Proposed Legislation, Correspondence, and Action of Scientific and Commercial Associations: In Reference to Polar ColonizationReported favorably from House Committee on Naval Affairs, February 22, 1877, by Mr. Willis, (report No. And recommitted and ordered to be printed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.