Narrative Of an Expedition To the Shores Of the Arctic Sea In and by Rae, John
He stayed on as post surgeon and within a few years became chief trader and then chief factor. Notwithstanding his medical and commercial pursuits, his true interest was in exploration of new territory, its wildlife, and native people. During the s and '50s he undertook four expeditions, charting a remarkable two thousand miles of northern coastline.
In he visited Eskimos at Repulse Bay who supplied valuable information and sold him articles which provided the first clues to the fate of Franklin and his men. His account is interspersed with valuable descriptions of Eskimo life, and the struggles and triumphs of living in the Arctic, including the hunting tactics used by the Arctic natives. The impressive large folding map of the Arctic regions is titled "Discoveries of the Honble.
Arctic Expedition to the North of Repulse Bay The appendix includes information on the flora and fauna observed, as well as magnetic observations and other meteorological data.
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847.
May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. When it was determined that The survey should be resumed, Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-Chief of The Company's territories, informed me that a boat expedition to The Arctic Sea was again contemplated, at The same time doing me The honour of proposing that I should take command of it,—a charge which I most joyfully accepted. The plan of The expedition was different from any that had hiTherto been adopted, and was entirely of Sir George Simpson's forming.
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