UID:
almafu_9960118345702883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 404 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-23652-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Polar exploration
Uniform Title:
Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic seas
Content:
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857-9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his ships, the Erebus and Terror, was first published in 1859. The journey was commissioned by Franklin's widow who commissioned McClintock to seek corroborating evidence. After a punishing voyage, including 250 days beset by ice in Baffin Bay drifting some 1,400 miles, the search continued by sledge. It was William Hobson, McClintock's second-in-command who found the written evidence documenting Franklin's death in 1847. The grim remains of others who had perished were also discovered.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2012.
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Originally published as: The voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic seas. London: John Murray, 1859.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-05003-4
Language:
English
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