Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition

Author: Sherard Osborn

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1528792602

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The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was the search mission of 1850–1 under Horatio Thomas Austin, which Naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75) took part in. In this 1852 work, Osborn gives a vivid account of the hardships they endured on his expedition, which succeeded in determining that Franklin had not been lost in Baffin Bay. An incredible chronicle of death-defying feats in the Arctic, “Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the famous Franklin expedition and historical exploration in general. Contents include: “Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal”, “Departure”, “Plan of Search”, “The Atlantic—Greenland”, “Whale-Fish Islands”, “The Esquimaux”, “An Arctic Night”, “Godhaab”, “Herr Agar”, “Leave Disco”, “The Ships”, “The Screws”, “Uppernavik”, “A Check”, “Towing the Ships”, etc. Read & Co. History is republishing this classic memoir now in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography by John Knox Laughton.


Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

Author: Sherard Osborn

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-03-25

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 3752589647

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal or, eighteen months in the polar regions in search of Sir John Franklins expedition in 1850/51 to which is added the career, last voyage, and fate of Captain Sir John Franklin.


Stray Leaves From an Arctic Journal

Stray Leaves From an Arctic Journal

Author: Sherard Osborn

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781331876434

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Excerpt from Stray Leaves From an Arctic Journal: Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Accept, my dear Lady Franklin, these few pages, as the warm and honest tribute of deserved admiration for yourself and estimable niece, Miss Sophia Cracroft -admiration, which I delight in, in common with thousands, that such as you are Englishwomen; and pride, that a sailor's wife should so nobly have fulfilled her duty; for, if, on the one hand, the name of Sir John Franklin, that chief "sans peur et sans reproche" is dearly associated with our recollections of the honours won in the ice-bound regions of the Pole, your names are not the less so, with the noble efforts made to rescue, or solve the fate of our missing countrymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

Author: Sherard Osborn

Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam

Published: 1852

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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Narrative of the voyage of the Pioneer, one of the ships of the Royal Naval Expedition of 1850-51 which made a search for Franklin on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, Griffiths Island and Jones sound in the Northwest Territories. Includes details of sledge journeys, hunting, use of carrier pigeons, equipment, wintering and evidence found of Franklin's route on leaving his ships. Written by the commander of the Pioneer.