Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery; Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Subjects:

Exploration, Aeronautics

    Reports on George Gale's proposal to search for the explorer John Franklin in a balloon. Playing on the obvious meteorological connotations of the name 'Gale', the author imagines Gale suffering sub-zero temperatures and a balloon 'congealed into a flying iceberg' as he conducts his search. The illustration shows an airborne balloon covered with snow and with a smoking funnel poking out of the basket.