Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 / edited by C. Stuart Houston ; illustrated by H. Albert Hochbaum ; appendixes by John W. Thomson (lichenology) and Walter O. Kupsch (geology) ; foreword by W. Gillies Ross
1984, 1st edition. Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #415473
Physical description; 349 pp. : ill. Contents; Front Matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Fort Enterprise 1820 -- Fort Enterprise: Preparation for Departure -- On Snowshoes to Rocknest Lake -- By Canoe Down the Coppermine -- By Canoe in the Arctic Ocean -- Starvation on the Barrens -- Dr Richardson's Narrative Report -- Rescue and Recovery -- Commentary -- Bird Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition -- Mammal Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition -- Fish Collected by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition -- Plants Named by and for John Richardson -- John Richardson's Contribution to Lichenology: Solution of a 160-Year-Old Puzzle -- John Richardson's Geological Field Work -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Richardson, John Sir 1787-1865 Diaries. Franklin, Sir John, 1786-1847, Knight. Natural history Northwest Territories. Explorers ; Biography England. Arctic Regions. Discoveries in geography British.
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