Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Martin, Constance
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Exploration; Explorers; History; Kane; Elisha Kent; 1820-1857; Literature; Mapping; Search for Franklin; Survival; Starvation; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Grinnell Peninsula; Nunavut; Northwest Passage; Lancaster Sound; Wellington Channel; Greenland; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Narrow Passage; Orleans; Baffin; Davis Strait; Northwest passage; Open Polar Sea; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65239

The first American arctic explorer of note, Elisha Kent Kane was a man of broad interests and varied talents. Although he died when he was only 37 years old, he distinguished himself as a career naval officer, medical doctor, scientist, author, and artist, and his death inspired a funeral procession...