The Arctic Council of 1851: fact or fancy?

The Arctic Council has often been described as a formal advisory body established by the Admiralty to help direct the search for Sir John Franklin (1847–59), but no such organization existed. The source of the erroneous and misleading notion appears to be a well-known composite portrait painted by S...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Ross, W. Gillies
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Arctic Council
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247403003267
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247403003267
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Summary:The Arctic Council has often been described as a formal advisory body established by the Admiralty to help direct the search for Sir John Franklin (1847–59), but no such organization existed. The source of the erroneous and misleading notion appears to be a well-known composite portrait painted by Stephen Pearce in 1851. Frequent repetition in publications on Arctic history has perpetuated the error, with imaginative embellishments.

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