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Appendix: List of vessels and officers engaged in Arctic research, from 1818 to 1850.

This 1850 account of Arctic exploration also offers a useful synthesis of first-hand accounts of the search for Franklin.

Appendix: List of vessels and officers engaged in Arctic research, from 1818 to 1850.

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The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was made by Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907), who in 1859 succeeded in discovering the only written record left by Franklin's expedition. “In the Arctic Seas” recounts McClintock incredible Arctic excision and his death-defying endeavours to uncover what really happened to Franklin and his ill-fated crew. An incredible account of survival against all odds in the unforgiving Arctic highly recommended for those with an interest in the famous Franklin expedition and Arctic exploration in general. Read & Co. History is republishing this classic memoir now in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography by John Knox Laughton.

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Excerpt from A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With the Details of the Measures Adopted by Her Majesty's Government for the Relief of the Expedition Under Sir John FranklinWithin these icy limits is contained the eagerly sought problem of centuries, - the north-west Passage - that question which Sir Martin Fro bisher, even in his day, con sidered as the only great thing left undone in the world, and which has ever since baffled all attempts at solution, though pursued with unceasing zeal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

McClintock commanded the private expedition sponsored by Lady Franklin in 1857 to search for her husband and his crew, missing since 1845. This account details his thorough search of the area between the Boothia Peninsula and King William Island, and the final discovery of the Franklin relics, including the sole written record of the ill-fated expedition.

Through extensive research and reference to new archival material, Cavell recaptures and examines the experience of nineteenth-century readers.

After numerous expeditions to find, or ascertain the fate of, Sir John Franklin and the ships and crew that comprised his ill-fated search for the North West Passage, the British Government eventually gave up. Not so his feisty wife, Lady Jane Franklin, who commissioned Captain F L M'Clintock, a veteran of previous Arctic expeditions, to revisit her husband s last known whereabouts and determine once and for all the fate that had befallen the members of his expedition. Their mission, in a small refitted yacht, encompassing the travails of the voyage; meetings with the 'Esquimaux'; and, finally, the solution to this great mystery, is described here in poignant detail. Anyone with an interest in Arctic exploration and the heroics of the men who made such trips shouldn't miss this intriguing account.

Sir George Nares took command of the British Arctic expedition of 1875-6 that hoped to reach the North Pole. Nares' popular two-volume account of the journey was published in 1878. Volume 1 describes the journey north, and covers the discovery of the channel later called Nares Strait, and the remarkable dog-sled expedition of second-in-command, Albert Markham, that set a new record for the farthest distance north achieved. Volume 2 describes the perilous return journey and includes extensive appendices written by H. W. Feilden, giving details of the expedition's scientific discoveries.

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