Polar Pioneers: John Ross and James Clark Ross
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In 1818 John Ross led an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage. He got as far as Baffin Bay, but when he reached the only practicable entrance to the passage he declared it to be no more than a bay enclosed by mountains. In subsequent years he was widely derided for that error and carried the scars of public and professional humiliation for the rest of his life. In 1829 he mounted a private expedition to search for the passage, during which...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0773512349
ISBN13:9780773512344
Release Date:November 1994
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Length:464 Pages
Weight:2.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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