Glenn M. Stein

Discovering the North-West Passage

The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 728g
• ISBN-13: 9780786477081
• ISBN-10: 0786477083
• Artikelnr.: 42796117

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete
viii Preface delete
1 1.
The Frozen Grail, up to 1845 delete
3 2.
Into the Fray, 1846-50 delete
14 3.
The Pacific, 1850 delete
33 4.
Western Arctic Gateway, 1850 delete
54 5.
The Wily Arctic, 1850 delete
66 6.
The Coldest Crucible, 1850 delete
82 7.
Decisions, 1850 delete
100 8.
Jack Frost, 1850-51 delete
120 9.
The Grand Sledding Chorus, 1851 delete
136 10.
The Trap Is Sprung! 1851 delete
154 11.
"The fatal error of our voyage," 1851-52 delete
170 12.
Starvation, Madness-and Mutiny, 1852 delete
188 13.
Infinity's Brink, 1853-54 delete
209 14.
Scattered Bones and Frozen Memories, 1853 Onward delete
226 Epilogue.
Found Beneath the Ice, 2010-11 delete
249 Appendix 1.
Weights and Measurements delete
253 Appendix 2.
Notes on Sources delete
254 Appendix 3.
HMS Investigator Crew List delete
265 Appendix 4.
Extracts from Admiralty Orders to Captain Richard Collinson, CB, RN delete
279 Appendix 5.
Notable Sled Parties of the Investigators delete
282 Appendix 6.
Notes on Map Features delete
289 Appendix 7.
Polar Crumbs: Creation of the Arctic Medal 1818-55 delete
292 Chapter Notes delete
307 Bibliography delete
351 Index delete
367