{"product_id":"a-selection-of-papers-on-arctic-geography-and-ethnology-reprinted-and-presented-to-the-arctic-expedition-of-1875-by-the-president-council-and-fellows-of-the-royal-geographical-society-paperback-9781108050029","title":"A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology; Reprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108050029","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA valuable collection of papers by eminent explorers and scientists, compiled for the benefit of the 1875 British Arctic Expedition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClements Robert Markham (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108050029, 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\"\u003e314 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 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\"\u003eIn 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language. Unfortunately, it does not include the one piece of information that might have most helped the expedition: they took concentrated lime juice to combat scurvy, but the concentrating process removed the essential Vitamin C. The expedition was ultimately a failure in its aim of reaching the Pole, but this collection is a unique record of the sum of the knowledge accumulated by that time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Geography: 1. On the physical structure of Greenland Robert Brown\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the best means of reaching the pole Baron von Wrangell\u003cbr\u003e 3. On the discoveries of Dr Kane Dr Rink\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Arctic current around Greenland C. Irminger\u003cbr\u003e 5. Notes on the state of the ice R. Collinson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ethnology: 1. Papers on the Greenland Eskimos\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the descent of the Eskimos Dr Rink\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Western Eskimo Dr Simpson\u003cbr\u003e 4. Report of the Anthropological Institute.\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":46266093437208,"sku":"9781108050029","price":23.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108050029i_d60a7f1d-2e6d-4d6d-8d9f-29a51f9bf4e8.jpg?v=1696747002","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-selection-of-papers-on-arctic-geography-and-ethnology-reprinted-and-presented-to-the-arctic-expedition-of-1875-by-the-president-council-and-fellows-of-the-royal-geographical-society-paperback-9781108050029","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}