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Author Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.

Title 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 and Walter O. Kupsch ; foreword by W. Gillies Ross
Published Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Gloucester : A. Sutton, 1984

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 349 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 FORT ENTERPRISE 1820 -- 2 FORT ENTERPRISE: PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE -- 3 ON SNOWSHOES TO ROCKNEST LAKE -- 4 BY CANOE DOWN THE COPPERMINE -- 5 BY CANOE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN -- 6 STARVATION ON THE BARRENS -- 7 DR RICHARDSON'S NARRATIVE REPORT THE ACCOUNT DRAWN UP AND TRANSMITTED HOME -- 8 RESCUE AND RECOVERY -- Commentary -- Appendix A: Bird Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition
Appendix B: Mammal Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin ExpeditionAppendix C: Fish Collected by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition -- Appendix D: Plants Named by and for John Richardson -- Appendix E: John Richardson's Contribution to Lichenology: Solution of a 160-year-old Puzzle -- Appendix F: John Richardson's Geological Field Work -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Birdsa -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- w -- x -- y -- fish -- flora -- a -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- j -- k -- l -- m -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- v -- w -- y -- z -- insects -- lichens -- mammals -- a -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- j -- l -- m -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- z
Summary Appendices A to D detail bird, mammal, fish and plant observations of John Richardson. Appendix E: John Richardson's contribution to lichenology: solution of a 160 year old puzzle by John W. Thomson. Appendix F: John Richardson's geological field work by W.O. Kupsch
Analysis Canada Arctic Exploration Richardson, Sir John, 1787-1865
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Richardson, John, (1787-1865; Sir)
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 fast
Richardson, John, (1787-1865; Sir) -- Journaux intimes. ram
Subject Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions.
Natural history -- Northwest Territories
Expeditions -- history
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
TRAVEL -- Canada -- General.
HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
Discoveries in geography -- British
Natural history
Scientific expeditions
Travel
Expedition
Expéditions scientifiques -- Arctique.
Sciences naturelles -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Canada)
Geschichte (1820-1822)
SUBJECT Northwest Territories -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005718
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Arctic Regions https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001110
Subject Arctic Regions
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
Arctique -- DĂ©couverte et exploration.
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Diaries
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-
ISBN 9780773564923
0773564926