Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 Volume 2

Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was one of them. His journal recounts their journey across the Barren Grounds, providing many details not found in Franklin's own 1823 narrative and raising questions about Franklin's ability as a leader.

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Edited by C. Stuart Houston

Summary

Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was one of them. His journal recounts their journey across the Barren Grounds, providing many details not found in Franklin's own 1823 narrative and raising questions about Franklin's ability as a leader.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Houston, John Richardson
• Assisted by: H. Albert Hochbaum (Illustration), H.Albert Hochbaum (Illustration), C. Stuart Houston (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1994
• EAN: 9780773512238
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-1223-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Arktis, Kanada, Biografien: allgemein, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Tagebücher, Briefe, Notizbücher, Geographische Entdeckungen und Erforschungen