Profile: Edward Sabine, polar scientist 1788–1883
Few paintings are better known to polar historians than Stephen Pearce's 1851 group portrait of the Arctic Council ( Polar Record , 6 (43): 385). The Council consisted of experts consulted by the Admiralty for advice upon the search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terro...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400005428 2024-03-03T08:40:21+00:00 Profile: Edward Sabine, polar scientist 1788–1883 Stone, Ian R. 1984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400005428 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400005428 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 22, issue 138, page 305-309 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1984 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400005428 2024-02-08T08:25:47Z Few paintings are better known to polar historians than Stephen Pearce's 1851 group portrait of the Arctic Council ( Polar Record , 6 (43): 385). The Council consisted of experts consulted by the Admiralty for advice upon the search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror , which had been lost among the Canadian arctic islands since 1845. Of the ten persons represented all except one were either naval officers or civilians officially connected with the Navy. The exception was Edward Sabine, Colonel in the Royal Artillery. How did this landsman find his way into such a salty gathering? Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 22 138 305 309 |
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Few paintings are better known to polar historians than Stephen Pearce's 1851 group portrait of the Arctic Council ( Polar Record , 6 (43): 385). The Council consisted of experts consulted by the Admiralty for advice upon the search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror , which had been lost among the Canadian arctic islands since 1845. Of the ten persons represented all except one were either naval officers or civilians officially connected with the Navy. The exception was Edward Sabine, Colonel in the Royal Artillery. How did this landsman find his way into such a salty gathering? |
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