The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 : From the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure, Illustrated by S. Gurney Cresswell
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN-10
1108057535
ISBN-13
9781108057530
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 6th, 2013
Print length
440 Pages
Weight
560 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.50 cms
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First published in 1856, this compelling work, edited by Sherard Osborn (1822–75), relates the events of the 1850–4 expedition that charted the elusive North-West Passage. Based on Robert McClure's journals, it is also a remarkable account of the daily life of a crew that survived four Arctic winters.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the North-West Passage, a trade route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, had been sought for centuries without success. The Franklin expedition of 1845 became the latest victim, and Irish naval officer Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (1807–73) took part in the attempts to ascertain its fate. His ship, H.M.S. Investigator, spent the years 1850–4 in the Arctic, and in the course of their search for the lost expedition, the crew discovered the North-West Passage. Upon his return to England, following the loss of the Investigator to pack ice, McClure handed over his journals to author and fellow officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75), who prepared this narrative of the pioneering expedition. First published in 1856, the work remains a compelling account of Arctic exploration, revealing how McClure and his men survived four forbidding winters.
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