The ‘Old Arctics’: notices of Franklin Search expedition veterans in the British press, 1876–1934

ABSTRACT The lives of the commanders and officers associated with the British naval searches for the lost John Franklin northwest passage expedition in the 1850s are well-known through their own writings or those of later biographers. The post-Arctic careers of ordinary crew members, on the other ha...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: McCorristine, Shane, Herrmann, Victoria
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Northwest passage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247415000728
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247415000728
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Summary:ABSTRACT The lives of the commanders and officers associated with the British naval searches for the lost John Franklin northwest passage expedition in the 1850s are well-known through their own writings or those of later biographers. The post-Arctic careers of ordinary crew members, on the other hand, are barely known at all. Following digital searches of nineteenth and early-twentieth century British newspapers, we have compiled a list of some notices, obituaries, and reminiscences that shed light on the later years of the ‘Old Arctics’.

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