Searching for Franklin The Anderson/Stewart Expedition 1855 |
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| Editor:
| Barr, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-6062-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | Hakluyt Society
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $119.95 |
Book Description:
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In the Autumn of 1854 Dr John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company astonished the world with the first news of the fate of the Franklin expedition, missing in the Arctic since 1845, on the basis of stories, rather vague as to time and place, which he had heard from Inuit in the vicinity of Pelly Bay. The response of the Admiralty was to ask the Hudson's Bay Company to mount an overland expedition to attempt to confirm the Inuit reports. This volume covers the expedition.
In the Autumn of 1854 Dr John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company astonished the world with the first news of the fate of the Franklin expedition, missing in the Arctic since 1845, on the basis of stories, rather vague as to time and place, which he had heard from Inuit in the vicinity of Pelly Bay. The response of the Admiralty was to ask the Hudson's Bay Company to mount an overland expedition to attempt to confirm the Inuit reports. This volume covers the expedition.