{"product_id":"a-narrative-of-the-discovery-of-the-fate-of-sir-john-franklin-and-his-companions-the-voyage-of-the-fox-in-the-arctic-seas-paperback-9781108050036","title":"A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions; The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108050036","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMcClintock's 1859 account of his expedition through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancis Leopold McClintock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108050036, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e476 pages, 17 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857–9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his ships, the Erebus and Terror, was first published in 1859. The journey was commissioned by Franklin's widow who, unhappy with the Admiralty's reluctance to seek confirmation of the account of her husband's expedition brought back in 1854 by explorer John Rae, commissioned McClintock to seek corroborating evidence. After a punishing voyage, including 250 days beset by ice in Baffin Bay drifting some 1,400 miles, the search continued by sledge. It was William Hobson, McClintock's second-in-command who found the written evidence documenting Franklin's death in 1847. The grim remains of others who had perished were also discovered.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cause of delay in equipment\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fiskernaes and Esquimaux\u003cbr\u003e 3. Melville Bay\u003cbr\u003e 4. Snow crystals\u003cbr\u003e 5. Burial in the pack\u003cbr\u003e 6. A bear-fight\u003cbr\u003e 7. A holiday in Greenland\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fox nearly wrecked\u003cbr\u003e 9. Off Cape Warrender\u003cbr\u003e 10. Leave Pond's Bay\u003cbr\u003e 11. Proceed westward in a boat\u003cbr\u003e 12. Death of our engineer\u003cbr\u003e 13. Dr Walker's sledge journey\u003cbr\u003e 14. Meet Esquimaux\u003cbr\u003e 15. The cairn found empty\u003cbr\u003e 16. Errors in Franklin's records\u003cbr\u003e 17. Signs of release\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909219082520,"sku":"9781108050036","price":33.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108050036i.jpg?v=1696747001","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-narrative-of-the-discovery-of-the-fate-of-sir-john-franklin-and-his-companions-the-voyage-of-the-fox-in-the-arctic-seas-paperback-9781108050036","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}