Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
With Notes on the Natural History

Published in 1878, this two-volume journal recounts the 1875–6 British Arctic expedition's attempt to reach the North Pole.

George Nares (Author), H. W. Feilden (Appendix by)

9781108041560, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 December 2011

416 pages, 24 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg

The British Vice-Admiral and Arctic explorer Sir George Nares (1831–1915) received several honours for his contributions to science, including a fellowship of the Royal Society. He attended the Royal Naval School, New Cross, before joining the service in 1845. After a varied early career and the successful Challenger scientific expedition in the Atlantic, he took command of the British Arctic expedition of 1875–6. The expedition's attempt, led by second-in-command, Albert Markham, to reach the North Pole by dog-sled set a new record for farthest distance north achieved. This book, the second of Nares' popular two-volume account of the journey, published in 1878, describes the perilous return journey. It includes extensive appendices written by H. W. Feilden, giving details of the expedition's scientific discoveries, and features a cumulative index. Nares' official report of the expedition, and Markham's account, The Great Frozen North, are also available from the Cambridge Library Collection.

1. Anxiety about Aldrich's party
2. Decide to return south
3. Greenland party attacked with scurvy
4. Leave Floeberg Beach
5. Rich vegetation
6. We leave Smith Sound
Appendix: 1. Ethnology H. W. Feilden
2. Mammalia H. W. Feilden
3. Ornithology H. W. Feilden
4. Ichthylogy Albert Günther
5. Mollusca Edgar A. Smith
6. Insecta and Arachnida Robert McLachlan
7. Crustacea Edward J. Miers
8. Annelida W. C. McIntosh
9. Echinodermata P. Martin Duncan
10. Polyzoa George Busk
11. Hydrozoa George J. Allman
12. Spongida H. J. Carter
13. Rhizopoda Reticularia Henry B. Brady
14. Botany Joseph D. Hooker
15. Geology C. E. de Rance, H. W. Feilden
16. Report on Petermann Glacier Richard W. Coppinger
17. Game list
18. Meteorological abstract
19. Abstract of results obtained from the tidal observations Samuel Haughton
Index.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]