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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage 2 Volume Set - And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829-33 (Paperback)
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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage 2 Volume Set - And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829-33 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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Polar explorer John Ross (1777 1856) sailed with William Edward
Parry in 1818 to seek a North-West Passage from Baffin Bay. The
attempt was unsuccessful, and Ross was widely blamed for its
failure. In 1829 he set out on a privately funded expedition on the
steamship Victory, accompanied by his nephew James Clark Ross, to
try again, returning to England in late 1833. Using survival
techniques learnt from the Inuit he befriended, Ross kept his crew
healthy through four icebound winters. While the voyage once again
failed to find a North-West Passage, it surveyed the Boothia
Peninsula and a large part of King William Land. It was also
valuable for its scientific findings. Ross published this
two-volume work in 1835. Volume 1 summarises previous Polar
exploration before describing the voyage; Volume 2 contains
scientific reports, information on the Inuit, and a vocabulary of
their language.
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