{"product_id":"the-north-georgia-gazette-and-winter-chronicle-paperback-9781108050111","title":"The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108050111","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe weekly magazine of William Parry's Arctic expedition of 1819–20 offers unique insight into nineteenth-century polar exploration.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Sabine (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108050111, 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\"\u003e150 pages, 21 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 0.8 cm, 0.27 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\"\u003eAlone, months of sailing separating them from home, in the polar winter where the sun never rises, the two ships of Captain William Parry's expedition lay encased in ice from November 1819 to March 1820. In order to fully chart the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, it was necessary to overwinter in the Arctic, something that no other British expedition had done before. To boost morale in these uncomfortable circumstances, Captain Edward Sabine (1788–1883), a senior scientist carrying out measurements of natural phenomena, founded and edited a weekly magazine, which ran for twenty-one issues and was made available to the wider world in 1821. Offering jokes, poems, stories and thinly disguised gossip, the members of the expedition contributed to the magazine with enthusiasm (after having first thawed their ink). This little book offers unique insight into what polar exploration in the nineteenth century was actually like.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. November 1, 1819\u003cbr\u003e 2. November 8\u003cbr\u003e 3. November 15\u003cbr\u003e 4. November 22\u003cbr\u003e 5. November 29\u003cbr\u003e 6. December 6\u003cbr\u003e 7. December 13\u003cbr\u003e 8. December 20\u003cbr\u003e 9. December 27\u003cbr\u003e 10. January 3, 1820\u003cbr\u003e 11. January 10\u003cbr\u003e 12. January 17\u003cbr\u003e 13. January 24\u003cbr\u003e 14. January 31\u003cbr\u003e 15. February 7\u003cbr\u003e 16. February 14\u003cbr\u003e 17. February 21\u003cbr\u003e 18. February 28\u003cbr\u003e 19. March 6\u003cbr\u003e 20. March 13\u003cbr\u003e 21. March 20.\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":46266093306136,"sku":"9781108050111","price":18.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108050111i_e50a942a-7d74-4013-8d73-56cb452ade6d.jpg?v=1696747003","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-north-georgia-gazette-and-winter-chronicle-paperback-9781108050111","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}