Benjamin Leigh Smith's second Arctic expedition: Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 1872

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Capelotti, P.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Svalbard; Jan Mayen; Moffen; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408007444; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247408007444

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...