Review of The last of the Arctic voyages. Being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance. Vol. 1-2, by Edward Belcher
Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic one. He was appointed the commander of a well-organized Arctic expedition in 1845, equipped with all that should be needed for surviving in the frozen wilderness, included two ships loaded with a thou...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/3127 2024-09-09T19:22:52+00:00 Review of The last of the Arctic voyages. Being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance. Vol. 1-2, by Edward Belcher Berg, Roald 2013-12-20 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/plain https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.23457 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127/pdf_1 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127/html https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127/7232 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127/7233 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3127 doi:10.3402/polar.v32i0.23457 Polar Research; Vol 32 (2013) 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.23457 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic one. He was appointed the commander of a well-organized Arctic expedition in 1845, equipped with all that should be needed for surviving in the frozen wilderness, included two ships loaded with a thousand books and three years’ worth of food supplies. His order was to sail through and to map the North-west Passage. But he never returned with his men. Their fate will forever be a mystery. Though there were reports on some of his men from indigenous people in the years after, the greatest mystery is what caused the deaths of Franklin and his men. One hundred and forty years later, in 1997, one of many discovery expeditions concluded that blade-cut marks on the bones of some of the crew found on King William Island proved the rumours to be true, that the Franklin expedition ended in cannibalism. (Published: 20 December 2013) Citation: Polar Research 2013, 32, 23457, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.23457 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic King William Island North West Passage Polar Research Polar Research Arctic Belcher ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) Polar Research 32 1 23457 |
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Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic one. He was appointed the commander of a well-organized Arctic expedition in 1845, equipped with all that should be needed for surviving in the frozen wilderness, included two ships loaded with a thousand books and three years’ worth of food supplies. His order was to sail through and to map the North-west Passage. But he never returned with his men. Their fate will forever be a mystery. Though there were reports on some of his men from indigenous people in the years after, the greatest mystery is what caused the deaths of Franklin and his men. One hundred and forty years later, in 1997, one of many discovery expeditions concluded that blade-cut marks on the bones of some of the crew found on King William Island proved the rumours to be true, that the Franklin expedition ended in cannibalism. (Published: 20 December 2013) Citation: Polar Research 2013, 32, 23457, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.23457 |
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