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A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage - While in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin (Paperback)
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A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage - While in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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The H.M.S. Investigator spent the years 1850 4 in the Western
Arctic engaged in a search for the lost expedition of the explorer
Sir John Franklin. In this 1857 publication Alexander Armstrong
(1818 99), surgeon and naturalist to the ship, gives a first-hand
account of life on board during the voyage, as testimony to the
'heroism, devotion, and endurance' of his shipmates. He describes
the harsh conditions that the crew had to endure, and argues
convincingly that no travel 'more thoroughly tests man's powers of
endurance, both morally and physically' than travelling in the
Arctic. He also notes that lemon juice proved the most effective
remedy against scurvy. Armstrong's natural history research was cut
short when the ship was abandoned and his collections left behind,
but he includes an appendix listing the animals and birds observed
on the voyage, and the Arctic plants collected by a friend and
colleague.
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