Frederick Schwatka (1849-1892)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Davis, Richard C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Biographies; Culture (Anthropology); Expeditions; Explorers; History; Inuit; Rafting; Schwatka; Frederick; 1849-1892; Search for Franklin; Sleds; Survival; Alaska; Daly Bay region; Nunavut; King William Island; Yukon River; Alaska/Yukon; Arctic; Buttons; Daly; Daly Bay; Stefansson; Traveller; William Island; Yukon; inuit; Yukon river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65261

. in spite of having gained recognition as a certified barrister, a trained medical doctor, and fighting cavalry officer, Frederick Schwatka will best be remembered as a superlative arctic traveller who brought the 30-year-long search for the missing Franklin expedition to a close. He not only made...