The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions: In Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebusand Terror

George Frederick McDougall

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107281066

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The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions

The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions

In Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebusand Terror

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George Frederick McDougall

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2014
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781107281066
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107281066

Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Subjects:: Geography, Historical Geography

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The Resolute was a merchant ship purchased by the Royal Navy for service in the search for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. Its first voyage to the Canadian Arctic, which took place between 1850 and 1851, proved fruitless, so a second, larger expedition was launched in 1852. Again the Resolute could find no trace of Franklin, and the crew came close to perishing themselves. With their ship trapped in ice, they endured the freezing temperatures and a harrowing trek to Beechey Island to survive. Published in 1857, the present work is the journal of George Frederick McDougall (c.1825–71), who served as master aboard the Resolute. The book features numerous woodcuts and plates, as well as an account of the ship's salvage by an American vessel. Notably, a desk made from the ship's timbers has been used by a number of American presidents in the White House.

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The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions

In Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebusand Terror

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

PREFACE
pp ix-xii

Contents
pp xiii-xx

LIST OF PLATES
pp xxi-xxi

LIST OF WOODCUTS
pp xxii-xxii

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
pp xxiii-xl

PRIVATE JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD H. M. DISCOVERY SHIP “RESOLUTE”
pp 1-2

CHAPTER. I
pp 3-20

CHAP. II
pp 21-37

CHAP. III
pp 38-60

CHAP. IV
pp 61-83

CHAP. V
pp 84-114

CHAP. VI
pp 115-146

CHAP. VII
pp 147-162

CHAP. VIII
pp 163-196

CHAP. IX
pp 197-223

CHAP. X
pp 224-263

CHAP. XI
pp 264-283

CHAP. XII
pp 284-312

CHAP. XIII
pp 313-334

CHAP. XIV
pp 335-361

CHAP. XV
pp 362-391

CHAP. XVI
pp 392-451

CHAP. XVII
pp 452-478

APPENDIX
pp 479-480

Table of positions for track of H.M.S. “Resolute,” 1852
pp 481-485

Table of positions for track of H.M.S. “North Star,” from Beechey Island to England—1854
pp 486-486

Tables of temperature
pp 487-491

Results of Capt. M'Clintock's experiments with travelling kettles and lamps
pp 492-492

Scheme of fuel for a party of eleven persons
pp 492-492

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