Cruise of the Pandora
From the Private Journal Kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., etc., Commander of the Expedition
Published on 28. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-1-108-04973-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sir Allen Young (1827-1915), merchant navy officer and experienced Polar explorer, took part in several expeditions before that of the Pandora. As navigator he had accompanied the McClintock expedition to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin, during which he explored several hundred miles of new coastline by sledge. He was also in command of the Fox on the 1860 North Atlantic telegraph expedition to assess the practicality of a cable route between Europe and America across the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. In 1875, he led, and financed, the British North-West Passage Expedition on the Pandora, and this compelling account of his journey was first published in 1876. In it, he records his attempt to reach the magnetic pole via Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and to navigate the North-West Passage in one season, though he failed in this attempt because of heavy ice in the Franklin Strait.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Maps; 12 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
167 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-04973-3 (9781108049733)
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Content
Introductory; 1. The voyage to Greenland; 2. The kryolite mine; 3. Navigation on the coast of Greenland; 4. Godhavn and the Waigat; 5. The passage through Melville Bay; 6. The Cary Islands; 7. Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait; 8. Beechey Island; 9. Peel Strait; 10. An impassable barrier; 11. A perilous race with the ice; 12. A second visit to the Cary Islands; 13. The voyage home; Appendix.