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Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 / edited by C. Stuart Houston ; illustrated by H. Albert Hochbaum ; appendixes by John W. Thomson (lichenology) and Walter O. Kupsch (geology) ; foreword by W. Gillies Ross.

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Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 / edited by C. Stuart Houston ; illustrated by H. Albert Hochbaum ; appendixes by John W. Thomson (lichenology) and Walter O. Kupsch (geology) ; foreword by W. Gillies Ross.
Author
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994, c1984.

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Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-
Description
xxxiii, 349 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was one of them. His journal recounts their journey across the Barren Grounds, providing many details not found in Franklin's own 1823 narrative and raising questions about Franklin's ability as a leader. In addition to his achievements as a doctor, meteorologist, and cartographer, Richardson was the first great naturalist to study the North American Arctic. His journal made such an outstanding contribution to ornithology, ichthyology, botany, and geology that much of modern Arctic research is founded upon his observations.
Subject
  • Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
  • Natural history > Northwest Territories
  • Sciences naturelles > Territoires du Nord-Ouest
  • Northwest Territories > Description and travel
  • Arctic regions > British
  • Territoires du Nord-Ouest > Descriptions et voyages
  • Arctique > Découverte et exploration britanniques
Genre/Form
Autobiographies
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [331]-333.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Fort Enterprise 1820 -- Fort Enterprise: Preparation for departure -- On snowshoes to Rocknest Lake -- By canoe down the Coppermine -- By canoe in the Arctic Ocean -- Starvation on the barrens -- Dr. Richardson's narrative report "The account drawn up and transmitted home" -- Rescue and recovery.
ISBN
0773512233 :
LCCN
cn^95000955^
OCLC
  • 31663736
  • SCSB-11759793
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library