Science and the Canadian Arctic: a century of exploration ; 1818 - 1918
This is a study of the nature and role of science in the exploration of the Canadian Arctic, beginning with the Northwest Passage expeditions of the Royal Navy in 1818 and ending with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918.
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| Zusammenfassung: | This is a study of the nature and role of science in the exploration of the Canadian Arctic, beginning with the Northwest Passage expeditions of the Royal Navy in 1818 and ending with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918. |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 438 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0521419336 9780521524919 |
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List of Illustrations page viii
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1 Science and the Navy 20
Francis Bacon 25
The Royal Society 26
Edmond Halley and the Voyages of the Paramore 29
James Cook 31
Constantine Phipps 34
2 The Navy and the Northwest Passage after the Napoleonic
Wars: 1817-1834 36
William Scoresby 39
John Barrow 41
»The 1818 Expedition of John Ross: Geomagnetism 44
Hydrography Meteorology,; and other Geophysical Sciences 50
William Edward Parry 63
James Clark Ross - 84
The Polar Rosses and the North Magnetic Pole 1829—1833 85
Conclusion 94
3 Surveyors and Naturalists by Land and Sea: The Royal Navy
and the Hudson’s Bay Company 1741—1835 98
From Christopher Middleton to Samuel Hearne: 1741—1772 1 98
John Franklin and his Naturalists . 103
v
VI
Contents
Interlude: Flora and Fauna 129
George Back 138
4 Mid-century: The Admirality Manual and the State of
Arctic Science 142
Astronomical and Geophysical Sciences 145
Sciences of the Sea 164
Geography „ 167
Natural History, including Geology 169
Human Sciences 186
Conclusion 188
5 The Navy and the Hudson’s Bay Company 1837—1859:
John Franklin and the Search Expeditions 190
The Reign of George Simpson 191
John Franklin s Last Expedition 1845— 198
The Franklin Search Expeditions from 1848 202
The Discovery of Franklin s Fate: John Rae 1853—1854
and Francis Leopold McClintock 1857—1859 224
The Record of the Rocks 232
Darwin, Joseph Hooker; and the Geography of Arctic Plants 234
6 The Arctic Crusade: National Pride, International Affairs,
and Science 239
Science and Politics 241
The American Route: Science and Government 245
The Arctic Crusade: Learned Societies Tackle a Reluctant
Admiralty 1865—1874 253
Marking Time 259
- 1874: The Time Has Come 263
7 Science North: The British Arctic Expedition 1875—1876 264
Magnetic Observatories on the Shores of the Polar Sea 278
Geology 283
Natural History 286
Welcome Home: The Scurvy Committee 295
Henry Feilden and Joseph Hooker 297
Botany and Paleobotany 300
Zoology 303
Conclusion 305
Contents vii
8 From Nationalism to Internationalism in Science:
The International Polar Year 1882—1883 307
The United States, Science, and Polar Colonization 308
Prelude to the International Polar Year 310
American, British, and German Expeditions 315
A Postscript on Franz Boas and Anthropology 334
The First International Polar Year: A Precedent and a Model 337
9 Science Without Borders, or Scientific Territory? Imperialism
and Emergent Nationalism before 1910 338
The Role of the Hudson s Bay Company 342
The Smithsonian Institution and the Hudson s Bay
Company 1855—1869 _ 344
Geology, Exploration, and Territory: Robert Bell 356
Otto Sverdrup, Zoology, and Botany 362
Geology and Per Schei 368
Low, Bell, and the Cruise of the Neptune 371
10 Vilhjalmur Stefansson: Science, Territory, and Politics 378
The Stefansson—Anderson Arctic Expedition 1908—1912 . 381
New Lands versus Science: The Canadian Arctic
Expedition 1913—1918 388
Afterword 425
Index 429
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