Shipwreck at Cape Flora : The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's Forgotten Arctic Explorer

• Main Author: Capelotti, P. J.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary Press 2013
• Subjects: litt; archeo; Arctic; Markham
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6cfqj0; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/ebad3eb1-7c83-45af-b1d6-bd8cc2bb6107/assets/external_content.pdf; https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/ebad3eb1-7c83-45af-b1d6-bd8cc2bb6107

Benjamin Leigh Smith discovered and named dozens of islands in the Arctic but published no account of his pioneering explorations. He refused public accolades and sent stand-ins to deliver the results of his work to scientific societies. Yet, the Royal Geographic Society’s Sir Clements R. Markham re...