Schwatka''s Search - Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records

Published in 1882, with maps and engravings, this work recounts the discovery of evidence of the lost Franklin expedition.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Northward; 2. The winter camp; 3. Our dogs; 4. In the sledges; 5. Native witnesses; 6. The midnight sun; 7. Relics; 8. Irving's grave; 9. Arctic costumes; 10. Over melting snows; 11. Amateur Esquimaux; 12. Walrus diet; 13. The return; 14. Famine; 15. Esquimau home-life; 16. Homeward; 17. The graves of the explorers; Index; Appendix.

Summary

In 1878–80, Frederick Schwatka (1849–92) set out to find records from Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. William Henry Gilder (1838–1900) accompanied him to the Arctic and published this illustrated account in 1882. Using Inuit travelling techniques, they found artefacts and graves but no written records.

Product details

• Authors: William Henry Gilder
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108074902
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07490-2
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous