From Tyson's journal entries it appears he, Chester, and Bessels were among those with the strongest inclination to keep on pushing north. Disappointed, on August 1, he wrote: "What opportunities have been lost! And the expedition is to be carried back only to report a few geographical discoveries [...] with patience we might have worked up beyond Newman Bay, and there is no telling how much farther." Exasperated by his companions' apathy and very much aware of the fact that they may never again find themselves presented with an opportunity as good as the one were currently facing, Tyson added: " will some day reach the pole, and I envy not those who have prevented "Polaris" having that chance."