Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856)

Beechey first went to sea at the age of ten. He began his career as an arctic geographer and voyager in 1818 in the Trent, under the command of John Franklin who was accompanying H.M.S. Dorothea as it attempted to voyage across the Polar Sea. The next year, having joined William Edward Parry, he mad...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Gough, Barry M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
Subjects:
Beechey
Frederick William
1796-1856
Biographies
Expeditions
Explorers
History
Barrow
Point
waters
Alaska
Chamisso Island
Icy Cape (70 20 N
161 52 W)
Kotzebue Sound
Arctic
Parry
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65387
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Summary:Beechey first went to sea at the age of ten. He began his career as an arctic geographer and voyager in 1818 in the Trent, under the command of John Franklin who was accompanying H.M.S. Dorothea as it attempted to voyage across the Polar Sea. The next year, having joined William Edward Parry, he made the voyage to "Parry's West". Aboard the ship Blossom, Beechey next set out with the intention of meeting Franklin's second overland expedition, arriving five days late for his intended rendezvous with Franklin.

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