Fruit preserves spread made from sweetened fruit (or vegetable) juice—thus differing from jam by excluding the fruit's flesh—and is set by using its naturally occurring pectin, whereas outside North America jelly more often refers to a gelatin-based dessert, though the term is also used to refer to clear jams such as blackcurrant and apple. In the United Kingdom, redcurrant jelly is a condiment often served with lamb, game meat including venison, turkey and goose in a festive or Sunday roast. It is a clear jam, set with pectin from the fruit, and is made in the same way, by adding the redcurrants
Henry W. Howgate to withdraw support of the Howgate Arctic Expedition as the expeditionary vessel, the steamship "Gulnare", was unseaworthy. Howgate, not to be deterred, found private funding. The "Gulnare" departed in July, captained by Lieutenant Gustavus Cheyney Doane. The crew included Sergeant David Legge Brainard, George W. Rice, Dr. Octave Pavy and Henry Clay. On August 3, in a heavy gale, the "Gulnare" was damaged, lost a deck boat, and her entire deck load. The steamer reached Disko on August 8 and repairs lasted through August 21. Dr. Pavy did not join the crew for the home voyage, instead staying in Greenland