Discovering the North-West Passage: The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition

Přední strana obálky
McFarland, 27. 10. 2015 - Počet stran: 388

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise were to pass through the Bering Strait from the west but a Pacific storm separated them, never to meet again. Obsessed with traversing the passage, McClure pressed on and HMS Investigator spent three years trapped in pack ice in Mercy Bay before the crew abandoned ship on foot.

This book chronicles the voyage in detail. McClure and his relationships with his officers are at the heart of the story of the arduous journey, vividly illustrated by the paintings of Lt. Samuel Cresswell.

 

Obsah

Preface
1
1 The Frozen Grail up to 1845
3
2 Into the Fray 184650
14
3 The Pacific 1850
33
4 Western Arctic Gateway 1850
54
5 The Wily Arctic 1850
66
6 The Coldest Crucible 1850
82
7 Decisions 1850
100
14 Scattered Bones and Frozen Memories 1853 Onward
226
Epilogue Found Beneath the Ice 201011
249
Appendix 1 Weights and Measurements
253
Appendix 2 Notes on Sources
254
Appendix 3 HMS Investigator Crew List
265
Appendix 4 Extracts from Admiralty Orders to Captain Richard Collinson CB RN
279
Appendix 5 Notable Sled Parties of the Investigators
282
Appendix 6 Notes on Map Features
289

8 Jack Frost 185051
120
9 The Grand Sledding Chorus 1851
136
10 The Trap Is Sprung 1851
154
11 The fatal error of our voyage 185152
170
12 Starvation Madnessand Mutiny 1852
188
13 Infinitys Brink 185354
209
Creation of the Arctic Medal 181855
292
Chapter Notes
307
Bibliography
351
Index
367
Autorská práva

Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny

Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví

O autorovi (2015)

Glenn M. Stein has researched maritime and polar history since 1975, and regularly publishes in journals and magazines. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, life member of the American Polar Society and a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society and the Life Saving Awards Research Society. He lives in Apopka, Florida.

Bibliografické údaje