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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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400014443 2024-03-03T08:41:55+00:00 The Arctic ship Fox Erskine, Angus B. Kjaer, Kjell-G. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400014443 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400014443 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 33, issue 185, page 123-132 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400014443 2024-02-08T08:44:45Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Godhavn Greenland Iceland Polar Record Qeqertarsuaq Thule Cambridge University Press Arctic Greenland Qeqertarsuaq ENVELOPE(-56.867,-56.867,74.400,74.400) McClintock ENVELOPE(157.433,157.433,-80.217,-80.217) Rae ENVELOPE(-116.053,-116.053,62.834,62.834) Polar Record 33 185 123 132 |
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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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The Arctic ship Fox |
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ENVELOPE(-56.867,-56.867,74.400,74.400) ENVELOPE(157.433,157.433,-80.217,-80.217) ENVELOPE(-116.053,-116.053,62.834,62.834) |
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Arctic Greenland Qeqertarsuaq McClintock Rae |
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Arctic Godhavn Greenland Iceland Polar Record Qeqertarsuaq Thule |
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