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Book Synopsis John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855 by : John Rae
Download or read book John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855 written by John Rae and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2014 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813-1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. Based on evidence given to him by local Inuit, Rae determined that Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in their final, desperate days. Seen as maligning a national hero, Rae was shunned by British society. This collection of personal correspondence--reissued here for the first time since its original publication in 1953--illuminates the details of Rae's expeditions through his own words. The letters offer a glimpse into Rae's daily life, his ideas, musings, and troubles. Prefaced by the original, thorough introduction detailing his early life, John Rae's Arctic Correspondence is a crucial resource for any Arctic enthusiast. This new edition features a foreword by researcher and Arctic enthusiast Ken McGoogan, the award-winning author of eleven books, including Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae (HarperCollins, 2002).
Book Synopsis John rae's correspondence .... arctic exploration, 1844-1855 by : E. e. (editor) Rich
Download or read book John rae's correspondence .... arctic exploration, 1844-1855 written by E. e. (editor) Rich and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855. Edited by E.E. Rich ... Assisted by A.M. Johnson ... With an Introduction by J.M. Wordie ... and R.J. Cyriax. [With Plates, Including a Portrait, and Maps.]. by : John RAE (M.D.)
Download or read book John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855. Edited by E.E. Rich ... Assisted by A.M. Johnson ... With an Introduction by J.M. Wordie ... and R.J. Cyriax. [With Plates, Including a Portrait, and Maps.]. written by John RAE (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 by : Hudson's Bay Record Society
Download or read book John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 written by Hudson's Bay Record Society and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 by : John Rae
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Book Synopsis Arctic controversy by : Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Download or read book Arctic controversy written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Rae's Correspondence by : John Rae
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Book Synopsis John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-45 by : John Rae
Download or read book John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-45 written by John Rae and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Rae's Correspondance with the Hudson's Bay Compny on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 by : John Rae
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Book Synopsis Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 by : John Rae
Download or read book Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 written by John Rae and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by : Paul Watson
Download or read book Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition written by Paul Watson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intriguing [and] enjoyable." —Ian McGuire, New York Times Book Review Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845—whose two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent incredible discoveries of the wrecks. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led one of the discovery expeditions, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story and reveals how a combination of faith in Inuit knowledge and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages.
Book Synopsis After the Lost Franklin Expedition by : Peter Baxter
Download or read book After the Lost Franklin Expedition written by Peter Baxter and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian examines a disastrous, Victorian-era expedition in the Canadian Arctic, a shocking revelation, and the celebrity fallout that followed. The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalized generations of historians, archaeologists, and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace, and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain’s history of polar exploration. In the aftermath of the crew’s disappearance, Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John’s widow, maintained a crusade to secure her husband’s reputation, imperiled alongside him and his crew in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. Lady Franklin was an uncommon woman for her age, a socially and politically astute figure who attacked anyone whom she viewed as a threat to her husband’s legacy. Meanwhile, John Rae, an explorer and employee of the Hudson Bay Company, recovered deeply disturbing information from the Expedition. His shocking conclusions embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Lady Franklin which led to the ruin of his reputation and career. Against the background of Victorian society and the rise of the explorer celebrity, we learn of Lady Franklin’s formidable grit to honor her husband’s legacy; of John Rae being discredited and his eventual downfall, despite later being proven right. It is a fascinating assessment of the aftermath of the Franklin Expedition and its legacy.
Book Synopsis John Rae, Arctic Explorer by : John Rae
Download or read book John Rae, Arctic Explorer written by John Rae and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae’s accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic’s greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae’s unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae’s previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae’s reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr’s meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae’s life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.
Book Synopsis The News at the Ends of the Earth by : Hester Blum
Download or read book The News at the Ends of the Earth written by Hester Blum and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage to early twentieth-century sprints to the South Pole, polar expeditions produced an extravagant archive of documents that are as varied as they are engaging. As the polar ice sheets melt, fragments of this archive are newly emergent. In The News at the Ends of the Earth Hester Blum examines the rich, offbeat collection of printed ephemera created by polar explorers. Ranging from ship newspapers and messages left in bottles to menus and playbills, polar writing reveals the seamen wrestling with questions of time, space, community, and the environment. Whether chronicling weather patterns or satirically reporting on penguin mischief, this writing provided expedition members with a set of practices to help them survive the perpetual darkness and harshness of polar winters. The extreme climates these explorers experienced is continuous with climate change today. Polar exploration writing, Blum contends, offers strategies for confronting and reckoning with the extreme environment of the present.
Book Synopsis Searching for Franklin by : Ken McGoogan
Download or read book Searching for Franklin written by Ken McGoogan and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2023-10-07 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern mystery. Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s expeditions were monumental failures—the last one leading to more than a hundred deaths, including his own. Yet many still see the Royal Navy man as a heroic figure who sacrificed himself to discovering the Northwest Passage. This book, McGoogan's sixth about Arctic exploration, challenges that vision. It rejects old orthodoxies, incorporates the latest discoveries, and interweaves two main narratives. The first treats the Royal Navy’s Arctic Overland Expedition of 1819, a harbinger-misadventure during which Franklin rejected the advice of Dene and Metis leaders and lost eleven of his twenty-one men to exhaustion, starvation, and murder. The second discovers a startling new answer to that greatest of Arctic mysteries: what was the root cause of the catastrophe that engulfed Franklin’s last expedition? The well-preserved wrecks of Erebus and Terror—located in 2014 and 2016—promise to yield more clues about what cost the lives of the expedition members, some of whom were reduced to cannibalism. Contemporary researchers, rejecting theories of lead poisoning and botulism, continue to seek conclusive evidence both underwater and on land. Drawing on his own research and Inuit oral accounts, McGoogan teases out many intriguing aspects of Franklin’s expeditions, including the explorer’s lethal hubris in ignoring the expert advice of the Dene leader Akaitcho. Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, yet people remain fascinated with his final doomed voyage: what happened? McGoogan will captivate readers with his first-hand account of traveling to relevant locations, visiting the graves of dead sailors, and experiencing the Arctic—one of the most dramatic and challenging landscapes on the planet.
Book Synopsis Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists by : George A. Cevasco
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists written by George A. Cevasco and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-12-09 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.
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