Discovering the North-West Passage

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

Glenn M. Stein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

388 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7708-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Glenn M. Stein, FRGS, 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, member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, and the Life Saving Awards Research Society. He lives in Apopka, Florida, USA.

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

Zusatzinfo	65 maps & photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	708 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-7864-7708-3 / 0786477083
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7708-1 / 9780786477081
Zustand	Neuware