Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
With Notes on the Natural History
2 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
- Author: George Nares
- Date Published: December 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108041577
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The British Vice-Admiral and Arctic explorer Sir George Nares (1831–1915) received several honours for his contributions to science, including a fellowship of the Royal Society. He attended the Royal Naval School, New Cross, before joining the service in 1845. After a varied early career and the successful Challenger scientific expedition in the Atlantic, he took command of the British Arctic expedition of 1875–6. The expedition's attempt, led by second-in-command, Albert Markham, to reach the North Pole by dog-sled set a new record for the farthest distance north achieved. This two-volume popular account was published in 1878. Volume 1 describes the outward journey, including the discovery of the route later called Nares Strait. Volume 2 includes the perilous return journey, and extensive scientific appendices written by H. W. Feilden. Nares' official report, and Markham's own account, are also published in the Cambridge Library Collection.
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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108041577
- length: 864 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 50 mm
- weight: 1.18kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
List of the officers and men
Sailing orders
1. Departure from Portsmouth
2. Cordial reception by the inspector
3. Leave Upernivik
4. Hartstene Bay
5. Re-enter Bay
6. Re-enter Smith Sound
7. Cape John Barrow
8. Cape Joseph Henry
9. Rawson's second start
10. Preparations for winter
11. Tidal registers
12. Geographical discoveries
13. Departure of the sledge parties
14. Increase of scurvy
15. Lieutenant Parr arrives on board Alert. Volume 2:
1. Anxiety about Aldrich's party
2. Decide to return south
3. Greenland party attacked with scurvy
4. Leave Floeberg Beach
5. Rich vegetation
6. We leave Smith Sound
Appendix:
1. Ethnology H. W. Feilden
2. Mammalia H. W. Feilden
3. Ornithology H. W. Feilden
4. Ichthylogy Albert Günther
5. Mollusca Edgar A. Smith
6. Insecta and Arachnida Robert McLachlan
7. Crustacea Edward J. Miers
8. Annelida W. C. McIntosh
9. Echinodermata P. Martin Duncan
10. Polyzoa George Busk
11. Hydrozoa George J. Allman
12. Spongida H. J. Carter
13. Rhizopoda Reticularia Henry B. Brady
14. Botany Joseph D. Hooker
15. Geology C. E. de Rance, H. W. Feilden
16. Report on Petermann Glacier Richard W. Coppinger
17. Game list
18. Meteorological abstract
19. Abstract of results obtained from the tidal observations Samuel Haughton
Index.
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