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

Sherard Osborn

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107294646

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the goal of the North-West Passage had claimed the lives of many explorers, yet the disappearance of the expedition led by Sir John Franklin occasioned the greatest response. Naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75) took part in the search mission of 1850–1 under Horatio Thomas Austin. Osborn was appointed to command the Pioneer, one of two steam tenders on the voyage. This was the first time such vessels had been deployed in the punishing conditions of the Arctic. Such was their success in cutting through ice and navigating the treacherous waters that similar models were later adopted by the whaling fleet. The present work, first published in 1852, gives a compelling account of the hardships of the expedition, which was successful in its surveying work and confirmed that Franklin had not been lost in Baffin Bay.

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STRAY LEAVES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL
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APPENDIX
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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

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Dedication
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PREFACE
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LIST OF PLATES
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STRAY LEAVES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL
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APPENDIX
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Frontmatter pp i-ii

Dedication pp iii-iv

PREFACE pp v-viii

LIST OF PLATES pp ix-x

STRAY LEAVES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL pp 1-284

APPENDIX pp 285-320

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

PREFACE
pp v-viii

LIST OF PLATES
pp ix-x

STRAY LEAVES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL
pp 1-284

APPENDIX
pp 285-320