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The British Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. Henry Wemyss Feilden, an army officer, was chosen as one of two naturalists on board HMS Alert. He kept a detailed daily journal which is presented in this volume, with a detailed introduction by the volume editor, Trevor H. Levere.
Price: $190.00
Pages: 433
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Hakluyt Society
Series: Hakluyt Society Third Series
Publication Date:
22 November 2019
Trim Size: 10.04 X 7.09 in
ISBN: 9780367356378
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Maritime history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)
Contents:List of Maps and Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Symbols
Weights, Measurements and Currency
INTRODUCTION: HENRY WEMYSS FEILDEN, THE NATURALIST
IN HMS ALERT, 1875−6
EDITORIAL PRACTICE.
THE ARCTIC JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN HENRY WEMYSS FEILDEN, RA.
Prelude. 1 February−15 April 1875.
Part I. Outward Bound. 20 May–1 September 1875.
Part II. Winter Quarters. 2 September 1875−1 April 1876.
Part III. Sledging in Earnest. 2 April−9 June 1876.
Part IV. Sledging, Natural History, and Scurvy. 11 June−25 July 1876.
Part V. Out of the Ice and Homeward Bound. 26 July−28 October 1876.
Part VI. Science, Politics, and the Military. 29 October 1876−7 January 1787.
APPENDICES
Appendix A. Letters from Henry Chichester Hart, naturalist in HMS Discovery,
to Feilden, received by Feilden in HMS Alert, and inserted by him in his journal.
Appendix B. Letter from Richard W. Coppinger, surgeon in HMS Discovery,
to Feilden, Repulse Bay.
Appendix C. Chorus: ʻThe Palaeocrystic Seaʼ.
Appendix D. Flora and Fauna in Feildenʼs Journal.
Appendix E. List of enclosures in Feilden’s journal at the Royal Geographical Society
Appendix F. H.M.S. ALERT. Winter Routine.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Symbols
Weights, Measurements and Currency
INTRODUCTION: HENRY WEMYSS FEILDEN, THE NATURALIST
IN HMS ALERT, 1875−6
EDITORIAL PRACTICE.
THE ARCTIC JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN HENRY WEMYSS FEILDEN, RA.
Prelude. 1 February−15 April 1875.
Part I. Outward Bound. 20 May–1 September 1875.
Part II. Winter Quarters. 2 September 1875−1 April 1876.
Part III. Sledging in Earnest. 2 April−9 June 1876.
Part IV. Sledging, Natural History, and Scurvy. 11 June−25 July 1876.
Part V. Out of the Ice and Homeward Bound. 26 July−28 October 1876.
Part VI. Science, Politics, and the Military. 29 October 1876−7 January 1787.
APPENDICES
Appendix A. Letters from Henry Chichester Hart, naturalist in HMS Discovery,
to Feilden, received by Feilden in HMS Alert, and inserted by him in his journal.
Appendix B. Letter from Richard W. Coppinger, surgeon in HMS Discovery,
to Feilden, Repulse Bay.
Appendix C. Chorus: ʻThe Palaeocrystic Seaʼ.
Appendix D. Flora and Fauna in Feildenʼs Journal.
Appendix E. List of enclosures in Feilden’s journal at the Royal Geographical Society
Appendix F. H.M.S. ALERT. Winter Routine.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX