A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology
In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving lat...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139236515 2024-03-03T08:41:21+00:00 A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology Reprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Markham, Clements Robert 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139236515 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108050029 9781139236515 book 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139236515 2024-02-08T08:44:35Z In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language. Unfortunately, it does not include the one piece of information that might have most helped the expedition: they took concentrated lime juice to combat scurvy, but the concentrating process removed the essential Vitamin C. The expedition was ultimately a failure in its aim of reaching the Pole, but this collection is a unique record of the sum of the knowledge accumulated by that time. Book Arctic Greenland inuit North Pole Smith sound Cambridge University Press Arctic Canada Greenland North Pole Smith Sound ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) Cambridge |
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In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language. Unfortunately, it does not include the one piece of information that might have most helped the expedition: they took concentrated lime juice to combat scurvy, but the concentrating process removed the essential Vitamin C. The expedition was ultimately a failure in its aim of reaching the Pole, but this collection is a unique record of the sum of the knowledge accumulated by that time. |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology |
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selection of papers on arctic geography and ethnology |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2012 |
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ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) |
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Arctic Greenland inuit North Pole Smith sound |
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Arctic Greenland inuit North Pole Smith sound |
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