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The Last of the Arctic Voyages - Being a Narrative of the Expedition in HMS Assistance, under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in Search of Sir John Franklin, during the Years 1852-54 (Paperback)
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The Last of the Arctic Voyages - Being a Narrative of the Expedition in HMS Assistance, under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in Search of Sir John Franklin, during the Years 1852-54 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration, Volume 1
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When the experienced Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
was put in command of an expedition in 1845 to search for the
elusive North-West Passage he had the backing of the Admiralty and
was equipped with two specially-adapted ships and a three-year
supply of provisions. Franklin was last seen by whalers in Baffin
Bay in July 1845. When the expedition failed to return in 1848,
enormous resources were mobilised to try to discover its fate. In
1852 H.M.S. 'Assistance' was sent to lead another search mission.
It was captained by Edward Belcher (1799-1877), who eventually took
the decision to abandon four ships in the pack-ice. He recounts his
unsuccessful adventure, defending his actions against critics, in
this illustrated two-volume book, first published in 1855, which
also includes scientific contributions. Volume 1 describes
Belcher's outward journey, Arctic animals such as walruses and
whales, and the effects of extreme cold.
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