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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.

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Author:   George Nares ,  H. W. Feilden
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9781139151672

ISBN 10:   1139151673
Publication Date:   05 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

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.

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