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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865--Diaries.
- Richardson, John.
- Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Natural history--Northwest Territories.
- Natural history.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Arctic regions.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 349 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Gloucester : A. Sutton, 1984.
- Summary:
- In addition to his achievements as a doctor, meteorologist, and cartographer, Richardson was the first great naturalist to study the North American Arctic. His journal made such an outstanding contribution to ornithology, ichthyology, botany, and geology that much of modern Arctic research is founded upon his observations. Enhanced by fifty-six line drawings and eight maps, Arctic Ordeal will interest a wide audience as well as medical historians, geographers, anthropologists, and botanists.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Fort Enterprise 1820
- Fort Enterprise: Preparation for Departure
- On Snowshoes to Rocknest Lake
- By Canoe Down the Coppermine
- By Canoe in the Arctic Ocean
- Starvation on the Barrens
- Dr Richardson's Narrative Report
- Rescue and Recovery
- Commentary
- Bird Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition
- Mammal Observations by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition
- Fish Collected by John Richardson during the First Franklin Expedition
- Plants Named by and for John Richardson
- John Richardson's Contribution to Lichenology: Solution of a 160-Year-Old Puzzle
- John Richardson's Geological Field Work
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85710-X
- 9786612857102
- 0-7735-6492-6
- OCLC:
- 732601142
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