Robert Hood (1797-1821)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Houston, C. Stuart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Arctic Land Expedition; 1819-1822; Artists; Auroras; Biographies; Climatology; Expeditions; Explorers; Franklin; Sir John; 1786-1847; Geomagnetism; History; Hood; Robert; 1797-1821; Mapping; Natural history; Fort Chipewyan region; Alberta; York Factory; Manitoba; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Fort Chipewyan; Hood River; Sprightly; Wilberforce Falls; Chipewyan
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65319

Robert Hood was a junior officer with the badly timed, inadequately supplied first Arctic Land Expedition led by John Franklin in 1819-22. Hood made a major contribution to the expedition's incredibly accurate mapping of over 600 miles of coastline, which, in the words of L.H. Neatby, "put...