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Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, As Far As the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst
William Hulme Hooper
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Paperback. An 1853 account of an 1848-51 Arctic expedition, with detailed observations of the indigenous Chukchi people. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QMP; 3JH; HBJQ; HBLL; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who had in fact perished in desperate circumstances in 1847. As a newly qualified naval officer, William Hulme Hooper (1827–54) took part in one of the many expeditions which sought to find Franklin. Embarking in 1848, the crew of HMS Plover spent three winters in the Arctic, with tragic consequences for Hooper's health. On his return, perhaps realising time was short, he wrote this illustrated account of his travels, and saw it published the year before he ... Read more
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who had in fact perished in desperate circumstances in 1847. As a newly qualified naval officer, William Hulme Hooper (1827–54) took part in one of the many expeditions which sought to find Franklin. Embarking in 1848, the crew of HMS Plover spent three winters in the Arctic, with tragic consequences for Hooper's health. On his return, perhaps realising time was short, he wrote this illustrated account of his travels, and saw it published the year before he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108070836
SKU
V9781108070836
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