An evangelical Christian on Franklin's last expedition: Lieutenant John Irving of HMS Terror

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Lloyd-Jones, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Northwest Passage; Crozier; Northwest passage; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400025419; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400025419

Abstract This brief analysis of the life and personal outlook of one of the officers on Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition (1845–1848) begins a long-overdue process of reconstructing the background, attitudes, and motivation of those serving on Erebus and Terror . A great deal of...