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: Smith; Benjamin Leigh; 1828-1913; Explorers—Great Britain— Biography; Arctic regions—Discovery and exploration—British—History— 19th century; Arctic; Markham; Arctic Institute of North America; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49458; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34554

Series: Northern Lights Series; 16 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 S...