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Cruise of the Pandora: From the Private Journal Kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., Etc., Commander of the Expedition

Cruise of the Pandora: From the Private Journal Kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., Etc., Commander of the Expedition

Young, Allen

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Travel GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108049737
ISBN13: 9781108049733
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jun 28 2012
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Sir Allen Young (1827-1915), merchant navy officer and experienced Polar explorer, took part in several expeditions before that of the Pandora. As navigator he had accompanied the McClintock expedition to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin, during which he explored several hundred miles of new coastline by sledge. He was also in command of the Fox on the 1860 North Atlantic telegraph expedition to assess the practicality of a cable route between Europe and America across the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. In 1875, he led, and financed, the British North-West Passage Expedition on the Pandora, and this compelling account of his journey was first published in 1876. In it, he records his attempt to reach the magnetic pole via Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and to navigate the North-West Passage in one season, though he failed in this attempt because of heavy ice in the Franklin Strait.

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