Retreat from Boothia: The Original Diary of James Clark Ross, May to October 1832

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ross, James, Savelle, James M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Ethnography; Expeditions; Exploration; History; Netsilik Eskimos; North Magnetic Pole; Ross; James Clark; 1800-1862; Survival; Victory (Ship); Boothia Peninsula; Nunavut; King William Island; Somerset Island; Arctic; Lord Mayor Bay; Port Leopold; William Island; Arctique*; eskimo*; Île Somerset; Netsilik
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64446

Following the abandonment of John Ross's expedition ship Victory in Lord Mayor Bay in 1832, Ross's nephew and second-in-command, James Clark Ross, led a separate forward sledging group for much of the retreat to Somerset Island. While John Ross described the events of his own sledging grou...