VIII. Report of scientific researches made during the late Arctic voyage of the yacht ‘ Fox,' in search of the Franklin expedition
Sir,─I have the honour to acquaint you for the information of the President and Council of the Royal Society, that my voyage has happily terminated, and that our exertions have met with as great a measure of success as the most sanguine amongst us could expect. But as the general result of Lady Fran...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1860
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1859.0031 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1859.0031 |
| Summary: | Sir,─I have the honour to acquaint you for the information of the President and Council of the Royal Society, that my voyage has happily terminated, and that our exertions have met with as great a measure of success as the most sanguine amongst us could expect. But as the general result of Lady Franklin’s " Final Search " will doubtless be made public before this letter reaches you, my object is simply to acquaint you with the nature and extent of such observations of scientific interest as we have been enabled to make. My last communication, dated 5th May, 1858, informed you of the unfortunate circumstances which led to our first Arctic winter being spent in an ice-drift out of Baffin’s Bay. During the winter of 1858—59 we were frozen up in a secure anchorage in Brentford Bay, which I have named “ Port Kennedy ;" it is in Latitude 72° 01' N. and Longitude 94° 15' W. |
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