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Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea - In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823 (Paperback)
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea - In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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The explorer, soldier and geophysicist Sir Edward Sabine (1788
1883) served as astronomer on John Ross's 1818 expedition in search
of the North-West Passage. His return to the Arctic, under William
Parry in 1819 20, compounded a keen interest in geomagnetism and
his publications earned him the Copley Medal of the Royal Society
(whose presidency he would later hold). His experience and
expertise made him a natural editor, therefore, of this Arctic
narrative, translated into English from German by his wife,
Elizabeth Juliana Leeves (1807 79), and published in 1840. It is
the account by Ferdinand von Wrangell (1797 1870), a Russian
explorer of Baltic German ancestry, regarding his expedition to
survey Siberia's north-eastern coastline. Compiled from the notes
of the scientists on board, this work offers a valuable and
wide-ranging insight into an inaccessible and little-known portion
of the globe.
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