Edward Sabine (1788-1883)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Levere, Trevor H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Astronomy; Biographies; British Antarctic Expedition; 1839-1843; Expeditions; Explorers; Geomagnetism; History; Sabine; Edward; 1788-1883; Sabine's Gulls; South Magnetic Pole; West Greenland Eskimos; Antarctic regions; Antarctic; Arctic; Bushnan Island; Greenland; Northwest Passage; Parry; Antarc*; eskimo*; Iceberg*; North Magnetic Pole; Northwest passage; Sabine's Gull; Thule
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65176

. After the Napoleonic wars, he, like many others in the British army and the Royal Navy, found himself underemployed; he chose to pursue scientific studies, notably in ornithology, astronomy, and magnetism. In 1818 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and shortly thereafter found...