Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall
The American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821–71) made two voyages to the Arctic to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. While there, he lived with Inuit, learning their language and adopting their way of life. Edited after his death and published in 1879, this account...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781107286689 2024-06-09T07:43:43+00:00 Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and Residence among the Eskimos during the Years 1864–69 Hall, Charles Francis Nourse, J. E. 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107286689 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108071468 9781107286689 book 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107286689 2024-05-15T13:07:37Z The American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821–71) made two voyages to the Arctic to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. While there, he lived with Inuit, learning their language and adopting their way of life. Edited after his death and published in 1879, this account of his second expedition, from 1864 to 1869, brings the conditions he endured vividly to life. Two punishing sledge journeys to King William Island revealed evidence of Franklin's encampment there, but also the stark fact that rumours of survivors were unfounded. The work, which contains a number of fine engravings and maps, also includes appendices presenting Hall's detailed scientific observations and notes of his conversations with the Inuit, which disclosed evidence of cannibalism among Franklin's crew. Based on his earlier expedition, Hall's Life with the Esquimaux (1864) is also reissued in this series. Book Arctic eskimo* esquimaux inuit King William Island Repulse Bay Cambridge University Press Arctic King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) Repulse Bay ENVELOPE(69.383,69.383,-48.883,-48.883) William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) Cambridge |
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The American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821–71) made two voyages to the Arctic to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. While there, he lived with Inuit, learning their language and adopting their way of life. Edited after his death and published in 1879, this account of his second expedition, from 1864 to 1869, brings the conditions he endured vividly to life. Two punishing sledge journeys to King William Island revealed evidence of Franklin's encampment there, but also the stark fact that rumours of survivors were unfounded. The work, which contains a number of fine engravings and maps, also includes appendices presenting Hall's detailed scientific observations and notes of his conversations with the Inuit, which disclosed evidence of cannibalism among Franklin's crew. Based on his earlier expedition, Hall's Life with the Esquimaux (1864) is also reissued in this series. |
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Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall |
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