Benjamin Leigh Smith's third Arctic expedition: Svalbard, 1873

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Capelotti, P.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Svalbard; Nordaustlandet; Kong Karls Land; Mosselbukta; Major Island; Augustabukta; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740999057x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740999057X

ABSTRACT In 1873, the British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith concluded the private oceanographic and geographical explorations in the seas around Svalbard that he had begun in 1871 and continued in 1872. The logistics of the 1873 expedition, however, were far more complicated than those of the first...