Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage
And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829–33

Published in 1835, this account of Ross's second expedition to Northern Canada describes the geography and people of the region.

John Ross (Author)

9781108050210, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 May 2012

420 pages, 8 b/w illus. 11 colour illus.
29.7 x 21 x 2.2 cm, 1 kg

Polar explorer John Ross (1777–1856) sailed with William Edward Parry in 1818 to seek a North-West Passage from Baffin Bay. The attempt was unsuccessful, and Ross was widely blamed for its failure. In 1829, he set out on a privately funded expedition on the steamship Victory, accompanied by his nephew James Clark Ross, to try again, returning to England in late 1833. Using survival techniques learnt from the Inuit he befriended, Ross kept his crew healthy through four icebound winters. While the voyage once again failed to find a North-West Passage, it surveyed the Boothia Peninsula and a large part of King William Land. It was also valuable for its scientific findings, with J. C. Ross discovering the magnetic pole. Ross published this two-volume work in 1835. Volume 2 contains scientific reports, ethnological information on the Inuit, an Eskimo vocabulary and comments on natural history.

Preface
1. Sketch of the Esquimaux found in the territory of Boothia Felix
2. Vocabulary of the English, Danish, and Esquimaux languages
3. Dialogues in the English, Danish, and Esquimaux languages
4. Chronometers
5. Aurora borealis
6. Natural history
7. Report on instruments
8. Terrestrial refraction
9. Surgeon's report
10. Biography of the Victory's crew
Appendix
Latitudes and longitudes
List of subscribers.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]