XXIV. On hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Captain Rochfort Maguire, R. N., and the officers of H. M. S. ‘Plover,' in 1852, 1853 and 1854, at Point Barrow, on the shores of the polar sea

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1857
• Subjects: Mackenzie River; Maguire; Pacific; The Spit; Mackenzie river; Point Barrow
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1857.0025; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1857.0025

Amongst the measures adopted for the relief of Sir John Franklin’s expedition, H. M. S. 'Plover,’ commanded by Captain T. E. L. Moore, R. N., was despatched from England in 1848, and stationed until 1852 in Behring Strait, having on board supplies of provision for the ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror,’ in...