Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 /

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Author / Creator:Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.
Imprint:Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Gloucester : A. Sutton, 1984.
Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 349 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121230
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Other authors / contributors:Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-
ISBN:9780773564923
0773564926
0773504184
9780773504189
086299201X
9780862992019
9780773512238
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865. Arctic ordeal. Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Gloucester : A. Sutton, 1984 0773504184
Table of 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 Expedition""""Appendix 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""
  • ""Birds""""a""; ""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""