Sir George Strong Nares (18311915)
Nares is perhaps best known as the commander of the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1874, a voyage of exploration which, it has been said, laid the foundations of almost every branch of oceanography as we know it today (British Museum, 1973). He also achieved fame as commander of the British Arct...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400000048 2024-03-03T08:41:52+00:00 Sir George Strong Nares (18311915) Deacon, Margaret Savours, Ann 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000048 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400000048 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 18, issue 113, page 127-141 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1976 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000048 2024-02-08T08:45:23Z Nares is perhaps best known as the commander of the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1874, a voyage of exploration which, it has been said, laid the foundations of almost every branch of oceanography as we know it today (British Museum, 1973). He also achieved fame as commander of the British Arctic Expedition of 187576, and as the author of Seamanship , which went through many editions in the second half of the 19th century. He is a fine example of the serving naval officer in the tradition of Parry, Franklin and Ross, one who could combine a naval career with a broad interest in science and the active pursuit of geographical exploration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) Polar Record 18 113 127 141 |
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Nares is perhaps best known as the commander of the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1874, a voyage of exploration which, it has been said, laid the foundations of almost every branch of oceanography as we know it today (British Museum, 1973). He also achieved fame as commander of the British Arctic Expedition of 187576, and as the author of Seamanship , which went through many editions in the second half of the 19th century. He is a fine example of the serving naval officer in the tradition of Parry, Franklin and Ross, one who could combine a naval career with a broad interest in science and the active pursuit of geographical exploration. |
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