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Arctic Searching Expedition - Volume 1

Arctic Searching Expedition - Volume 1

Richardson, John

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Travel GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108057683
ISBN13: 9781108057684
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 28 2013
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) was a lifelong friend to his former commander Sir John Franklin, with whom he had twice travelled to seek the North-West Passage. Following two years of silence from Franklin after he embarked on his 1845 expedition to the Arctic, Richardson set out on his own voyage in the hope of finding his comrade. Originally published in 1851, this two-volume work charts the journey which would inevitably fail in its ambition: Franklin, unknown to Richardson, had already died in June 1847. Volume 1, which depicts the journey to Fort Confidence in the Canadian Arctic, ends with detailed descriptions of the aboriginal Inuit and Gwich'in peoples encountered. The text is punctuated throughout by accounts of the wildlife and geographical features sighted, and the customs and cultures observed on this remarkable mission.

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