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Titre(s) : The Arctic journal of captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A. [Texte imprimé] : the naturalist in H.M.S. Alert, 1875-1876 / edited by Trevor H. Levere

Publication : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge for The Hakluyt Society, 2019

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXXI-400 p.-[12] pl. non-paginées) : ill. en noir et en coul., cartes, fac-similés ; 26 cm

Collection : Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; Third series, no. 35

Lien à la collection : Works issued by the Hakluyt society  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 361-377. Index
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. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for North-west Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition, and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science), of whom one, Henry Wemyss Feilden, proved a worthy choice.Feilden was a soldier, who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime, including the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert, he kept a daily journal, a record important for its scientific content, but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier, revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given to him, including the rescue of returning sledge parties stricken by scurvy. He also did a remarkably comprehensive job in mapping the geology of Smith Sound; some of his work, on the Cape Rawson Beds, was the most reliable until the 1950s. He was an all-round naturalist, and a particularly fine geologist and ornithologist. He was not just a collector; he pondered the significance of his findings within the context of the best modern science of his day: in zoology, Charles Darwin on evolution; in botany, Hooker on phytogeography, and in geology, Charles Lyell's system. He illustrated his journal with his own sketches, and also enclosed the printed programmes of popular entertainments held on the ship, and verses for birthdays and sledging (there was a printing press onboard)

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Levere, Trevor Harvey. Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Hakluyt society. Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Feilden, Henry W. (1838-1921)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Récits de voyages  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Découvertes géographiques britanniques -- Arctique -- 19e siècle  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Naturalistes britanniques  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Sujet(s) géographique(s) : 
Arctique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Classement géographique : Arctique

Genre ou forme : Récits de voyages  Voir les notices liées en tant que genre ou forme

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-367-35637-8 (rel.) : 120 GBP. - ISBN 0367356376. - ISBN 9781000682380 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000681680 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000682038 (erroné). - ISBN 9780429340826 (erroné)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb46611210n

Notice n° :  FRBNF46611210 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:1.. Prelude and Preparation -- ; 2.. Henry Wemyss Feilden -- ; 3.. Instructions for the Expedition -- ; 4.. Outward Bound -- ; 5.. Winter Quarters -- ; 6.. Sledging in Earnest -- ; 7.. Out of the Ice, and Homeward Bound -- ; 8.. Home again: Science, Politics and the Military -- ; 9.. Geology and Specimens -- ; 10.. Palaeobotany -- ; 11.. Zoology -- ; 12.. Coda -- ; 13.. Editorial Practice -- ; THE ARCTIC JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN HENRY WEMYSS FEILDEN, RA., THE NATURALIST IN HMS ALERT 1875 -- 1876 -- ; Prelude: 1 February -- 15 April 1875 -- ; pt. I. Outward Bound, 20 May -- 1 September 1875 -- ; pt. II. Winter Quarters, 2 September 1875 -- 1 April 1876 -- ; pt. III. Sledging in Earnest, 2 April -- 9 June 1876 -- ; pt. IV. Sledging, Natural History, and Scurvy, 11 June -- 25 July 1876 -- ; pt. V. Out of the Ice and Homeward Bound, 26 July -- 28 October 1876 -- ; pt. VI. Science, Politics, and the Military, 29 October 1876 -- 7 January 1877 -- ; APPENDICES -- ; A.. Letters From Henry Chichester Hart, Naturalist in H.M.S. Discovery, to Feilden, Received by Feilden in HMS Alert, and Inserted by Him in His Journal -- ; B.. Letter from Richard W. Coppinger, M.D., Surgeon in HMS Discovery, to Feilden, Repulse Bay -- ; C.. Flora and Fauna in Feilden's Journal -- ; D.. List of Enclosures in Feilden's Journal at the Royal Geographical Society -- ; E.. H.M.S ALERT Winter Routine.