Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871)
Hall conceived an interest in arctic exploration in his late thirties and in 1859 he mounted his first expedition in search of Franklin. He sailed to Baffin Island on board a whaling vessel and was fortunate to encounter an English-speaking Eskimo couple when he was put on shore. They taught him abo...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65402 2023-05-15T14:19:16+02:00 Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871) Loomis, Chauncey 1982-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65402 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65402/49316 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65402 ARCTIC; Vol. 35 No. 3 (1982): September: 349–455; 442-443 1923-1245 0004-0843 Arsenic Biographies Expeditions Explorers Hall Charles Francis 1821-1871 History Mortality Search for Franklin Baffin Island Nunavut Greenland Hudson Bay region King William Island info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion other 1982 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:31Z Hall conceived an interest in arctic exploration in his late thirties and in 1859 he mounted his first expedition in search of Franklin. He sailed to Baffin Island on board a whaling vessel and was fortunate to encounter an English-speaking Eskimo couple when he was put on shore. They taught him about arctic survival and were his loyal companions throughout his life. His next trip north was made in 1865. This time the whaling vessel put him ashore at Roe's Welcome Sound in Hudson's Bay. In 1869 he finally reached King William Island where he found relics from the Franklin Expedition, but gave up hope of finding any survivors. In 1871 he sailed north as leader of a full-scale expedition, aboard the Polaris. He and the leader of the scientific staff, Dr. Emil Bessels, shared very poor relations, and once the ship and crew had settled for the winter in Hall Basin, Hall briefly travelled by sledge northwards, returned to the ship, and after drinking a cup of coffee became violently ill. He died two weeks later. His body was exhumed in 1968 by Chauncey Loomis, Hall's biographer. An autopsy revealed that Hall had been given large doses of arsenic, which was commonly used as a medicine, prior to his death. It is not known whether Dr. Bessels did this, accidentally or otherwise, or the arsenic was self-administered. However, Dr. Bessels never admitted to the Board of enquiry that he administered any arsenic to Charles Hall. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Baffin Island Baffin eskimo* Greenland Hall Basin Hudson Bay King William Island Nunavut Polaris University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Nunavut Hudson Bay Baffin Island Greenland Hudson King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) Hall Basin ENVELOPE(-62.992,-62.992,81.502,81.502) ARCTIC 35 3 |
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Hall conceived an interest in arctic exploration in his late thirties and in 1859 he mounted his first expedition in search of Franklin. He sailed to Baffin Island on board a whaling vessel and was fortunate to encounter an English-speaking Eskimo couple when he was put on shore. They taught him about arctic survival and were his loyal companions throughout his life. His next trip north was made in 1865. This time the whaling vessel put him ashore at Roe's Welcome Sound in Hudson's Bay. In 1869 he finally reached King William Island where he found relics from the Franklin Expedition, but gave up hope of finding any survivors. In 1871 he sailed north as leader of a full-scale expedition, aboard the Polaris. He and the leader of the scientific staff, Dr. Emil Bessels, shared very poor relations, and once the ship and crew had settled for the winter in Hall Basin, Hall briefly travelled by sledge northwards, returned to the ship, and after drinking a cup of coffee became violently ill. He died two weeks later. His body was exhumed in 1968 by Chauncey Loomis, Hall's biographer. An autopsy revealed that Hall had been given large doses of arsenic, which was commonly used as a medicine, prior to his death. It is not known whether Dr. Bessels did this, accidentally or otherwise, or the arsenic was self-administered. However, Dr. Bessels never admitted to the Board of enquiry that he administered any arsenic to Charles Hall. |
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