The Arctic ship Fox

Abstract The ship Fox , built in Aberdeen in 1855 as a yacht, was used by Francis Leopold McClintock on his successful search for relics of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She was then chartered for one summer for Allen Young and John Rae to survey a route for a trans-Atlantic cable via th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Erskine, Angus B., Kjaer, Kjell-G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Greenland
Qeqertarsuaq
McClintock
Rae
Godhavn
Iceland
Polar Record
Thule
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400014443
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400014443
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Summary:Abstract The ship Fox , built in Aberdeen in 1855 as a yacht, was used by Francis Leopold McClintock on his successful search for relics of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She was then chartered for one summer for Allen Young and John Rae to survey a route for a trans-Atlantic cable via the Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland, after which she was in the services of the Kryolith Mine og Handelsselskabet, based at Ivigtut, southwest Greenland, for many years. In 1905, under charter, she made a historically significant voyage to Thule in northwest Greenland. After this she was owned by the Kongelige Grønlanske Handel and used for coastal freighting, until in 1912 she was condemned and abandoned in Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) Harbour, where remnants may be seen today.

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