Add to ORKGABSTRACT. During his four years ’ residence in the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage in 1829-33, John Ross wrote a private letter to Francis Beaufort, Hydrographer of the Navy. The letter, reproduced here, provides valuable historical insights into many aspects of Ross’s character and of the expedition generally. His feelings of bitterness toward several of his contemporaries, especially John Barrow and William E. Parry, due to the ridicule suffered as a result of the failure of his first arctic voyage in 1818, are especially revealing, as is his apparently uneasy relationship with his nephew and second-in-command, James Clark Ross. Ross’s increasing despair and pessimism with each succeeding enforced wintering and, eventual...
Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic ...
Franklin\u2019s first exploration of the Northern coast of Canada captured the public imagination th...
Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British Admiralty, ...
During his four years' residence in the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage in 1829-33,...
The space accorded John Ross in the history of th Canadian Arctic is out of proportion to his achiev...
James Ross took part in more arctic voyages than any other officer of the period. He is less celebra...
During John Ross's arctic expedition of 1829-33 in search of a northwest passage, approximately 1000...
ABSTRACT. Following the abandonment of John Ross’s expedition ship Victory in Lord Mayor Bay in 1832...
ABSTRACT. Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British ...
The expedition to the Arctic led by Sir John Franklin in 1819-22 was a major event in Britain’s resu...
ABSTRACT. During John Ross’s arctic expedition of 1829-33 in search of a northwest passage, approxim...
In the spring of 1848 the first expeditions sailed in search of the lost Franklin expedition. Unfort...
This expedition was the first of Lady Franklin's private expeditions in search of her husband and th...
Letters from Capt. Austin and Comm. Pullen, containing suggestions for the equipment of an Arctic tr...
Franklin’s first exploration of the Northern coast of Canada captured the public imagination thanks ...
Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic ...
Franklin\u2019s first exploration of the Northern coast of Canada captured the public imagination th...
Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British Admiralty, ...
During his four years' residence in the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage in 1829-33,...
The space accorded John Ross in the history of th Canadian Arctic is out of proportion to his achiev...
James Ross took part in more arctic voyages than any other officer of the period. He is less celebra...
During John Ross's arctic expedition of 1829-33 in search of a northwest passage, approximately 1000...
ABSTRACT. Following the abandonment of John Ross’s expedition ship Victory in Lord Mayor Bay in 1832...
ABSTRACT. Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British ...
The expedition to the Arctic led by Sir John Franklin in 1819-22 was a major event in Britain’s resu...
ABSTRACT. During John Ross’s arctic expedition of 1829-33 in search of a northwest passage, approxim...
In the spring of 1848 the first expeditions sailed in search of the lost Franklin expedition. Unfort...
This expedition was the first of Lady Franklin's private expeditions in search of her husband and th...
Letters from Capt. Austin and Comm. Pullen, containing suggestions for the equipment of an Arctic tr...
Franklin’s first exploration of the Northern coast of Canada captured the public imagination thanks ...
Of all the polar heroes of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin might be regarded as the most tragic ...
Franklin\u2019s first exploration of the Northern coast of Canada captured the public imagination th...
Nineteenth-century exploration of the Canadian Arctic, primarily directed by the British Admiralty, ...