Download or read book The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden R A The Naturalist in H M S Alert 1875 1876 written by Trevor Levere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for Northwest Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition, and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science), of whom one, Henry Wemyss Feilden, proved a worthy choice. Feilden was a soldier, who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime, including the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert, he kept a daily journal, a record important for its scientific content, but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier, revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given to him, including the rescue of returning sledge parties stricken by scurvy. He also did a remarkably comprehensive job in mapping the geology of Smith Sound; some of his work, on the Cape Rawson Beds, was the most reliable until the 1950s. He was an all-round naturalist, and a particularly fine geologist and ornithologist. He was not just a collector; he pondered the significance of his findings within the context of the best modern science of his day: in zoology, Charles Darwin on evolution; in botany, Hooker on phytogeography, and in geology, Charles Lyell’s system. He illustrated his journal with his own sketches, and also enclosed the printed programmes of popular entertainments held on the ship, and verses for birthdays and sledging (there was a printing press onboard). The journal gives a vigorous impression of a ship’s company well occupied through the winter, then increasingly active in sledging and geographical discovery in spring, before the scurvy-induced decision to head home in the summer of 1876. After his return, Feilden had dealings with many scientists and their institutions, finding homes for and meaning in his collections.
Download or read book Special Arctic Issue written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea written by George Strong Nares and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery written by George Nares and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1878, this two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition's attempt to reach the North Pole.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 6 in H M Ships Alert and Discovery written by George Strong Nares and published by London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. This book was released on 1878 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of expedition towards North Pole by way of Smith Sound. Appendices include notes on ethnology, ornithology, mammals, fishes, invertebrates, botany, geology, etc.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 6 in H M Ships Alert And Discovery written by George Strong Nares and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arctic Expedition Journals and Proceedings written by Great Britain. Admiralty and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE P written by George S. (George Strong) 1831-1 Nares and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arctic Expedition written by Arctic Expedition (1875-1876) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 76 in H M Ships Alert and Discovery written by Henry Wemyss Feilden and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE P written by Henry Wemyss Feilden and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 6 in H M Ships Alert and Discovery written by George Strong Nares and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal Or Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir J Franklin s Expedition in the Years 1850 51 written by Sherard OSBORN and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NOTES BY A NATURALIST written by H. N. (Henry Nottidge 1844-189 Moseley and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stray Leaves From An Arctic Journal Illustrated written by Lieut. Sherard Osborn and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of the nineteenth century, the goal of the North-West Passage had claimed the lives of many explorers, yet the disappearance of the expedition led by Sir John Franklin occasioned the greatest response. Naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75) took part in the search mission of 1850–1 under Horatio Thomas Austin. Osborn was appointed to command the Pioneer, one of two steam tenders on the voyage. This was the first time such vessels had been deployed in the punishing conditions of the Arctic. Such was their success in cutting through ice and navigating the treacherous waters that similar models were later adopted by the whaling fleet. The present work, first published in 1852, gives a compelling account of the hardships of the expedition, which was successful in its surveying work and confirmed that Franklin had not been lost in Baffin Bay. Minor fact - Of the 2 ships sailed in one was the "Resolute" - this was later made into 2 desks by Queen Victoria on in Buckingham Palace to this day and the other the Presidents desk in the United States in the oval office - mentioned in the movie "National Treasure 2"
