ARCTIC P. 127-1 37 Science and the Canadian Arctic, 181 8-76

• Main Author: Trevor H. Levere
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Arctic; Nares; Northwest Passage; Parry; International Polar Year; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.530.2401; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-2-127.pdf

ABSTRACT. Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British Admiralty, had scientific as well as geographical goals. Many expeditions, including Franklin’s, had a major scientific mandate. A northwest passage was the initial inspiration, but geomagnetism (under...