Benjamin Leigh Smith's second Arctic expedition: Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 1872
ABSTRACT In 1872, the British yachtsman and explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith led his second expedition to the Arctic. Seeking to further the impressive oceanographic and geographic research of his first expedition in the summer of the previous year, Leigh Smith first explored Jan Mayen and then sailed...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247408007444 2024-03-03T08:41:25+00:00 Benjamin Leigh Smith's second Arctic expedition: Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 1872 Capelotti, P.J. 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408007444 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247408007444 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 44, issue 3, page 255-264 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408007444 2024-02-08T08:34:47Z ABSTRACT In 1872, the British yachtsman and explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith led his second expedition to the Arctic. Seeking to further the impressive oceanographic and geographic research of his first expedition in the summer of the previous year, Leigh Smith first explored Jan Mayen and then sailed to Svalbard. There, after investigating Moffen, adverse ice conditions precluded effective continuation of the voyage and almost wrecked his research vessel, Sampson . During a brief meeting with Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's Swedish polar expedition, a bond was formed between the two explorers with fortuitous benefits for the Swedish expedition the following year as it struggled to escape from the north coast of Svalbard. Leigh Smith was forced to make for England in September 1872, without sailing nearly as far to the north or east as during his first expedition. His 1872 experiences led him to reconsider his method for Arctic exploration, and consequently, for his third expedition in 1873, he decided to include a chartered steamer as his primary research vessel with Sampson relegated to the role of support vessel. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Jan Mayen Moffen Moffen Polar Record Svalbard Cambridge University Press Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) Moffen ENVELOPE(14.525,14.525,80.029,80.029) Polar Record 44 3 255 264 |
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ABSTRACT In 1872, the British yachtsman and explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith led his second expedition to the Arctic. Seeking to further the impressive oceanographic and geographic research of his first expedition in the summer of the previous year, Leigh Smith first explored Jan Mayen and then sailed to Svalbard. There, after investigating Moffen, adverse ice conditions precluded effective continuation of the voyage and almost wrecked his research vessel, Sampson . During a brief meeting with Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's Swedish polar expedition, a bond was formed between the two explorers with fortuitous benefits for the Swedish expedition the following year as it struggled to escape from the north coast of Svalbard. Leigh Smith was forced to make for England in September 1872, without sailing nearly as far to the north or east as during his first expedition. His 1872 experiences led him to reconsider his method for Arctic exploration, and consequently, for his third expedition in 1873, he decided to include a chartered steamer as his primary research vessel with Sampson relegated to the role of support vessel. |
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