Henry Wemyss Feilden, naturalist on HMS Alert 1875–1876

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Levere, Trevor H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Nares; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000958x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740000958X

Abstract Capt Henry Wemyss Feilden RA, an amateur naturalist with particular interests in ornithology, was appointed by the Royal Society of London to serve as one of two naturalists with the British Arctic Expedition of 1875–76, which wintered off northern Ellesmere Island under the command of Capt G. S. Nares RN. Feilden took part in several sledging journeys, and made important collections and observations, especially on the geology and biology of the region.