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Samuel Wilkes 1822 diary onboard HMS HECLA detailing life in the North West Passage : Diaries, Journals and Logbooks 2 Jul - 9 Aug 1822.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkes, Samuel, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2186
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Arctic regions.
- Logbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Diary kept by S Wilkes, Petty Officer, on board HMS HECLA, July -September 1822 covering the second voyage under Parry of HMS HECLA and HMS FURY in search of the North West Passage, with many details such as whale hunting; meeting 21 Inuit's with more than 40 dogs with them; lifting HECLA out of the water when it became trapped in ice and the ship falling to the side on the ice; the finding of Amherst Island by Captain Lyon; ill crew members one with a 10 yard tapeworm after eating a bear.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:JOD/321.
- National Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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