The Royal Navy and Polar Exploration: From Franklin to Scott: Vol. 2

by Ernest C. Coleman

Overview

This narrative reflects on one of the most perilous quests in Polar exploration—the search for the Northwest Passage. The fabled route to the Orient took many lives, including the entire crews of Franklin’s Erebus and Terror and even some of the men sent to find out what happened to the unfortunate explorers. Ernest Coleman’s study tells the story of not just Franklin and his ill-fated expedition but also the Royal Navy's involvement until Scott’s Antarctic journey of 1912.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752442075
Publisher:	Tempus Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	09/28/2007
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

Ernest Coleman is the author of The 1766 Navy List and Captain Vancouver.

Table of Contents

Introduction     7
'Better Fellows Never Breathed'     9
'Not of Much Use'     21
'At the Junction of Four Great Channels'     25
'And no Despairing'     33
'Everything Should be Done at Once'     39
'Untiring Labour and Good Feeling'     51
'Such a Man as Belcher is on the Track'     77
'The Utmost Endurance and Most Zealous Energy'     89
'Final, Decided, and Most Unmistakeable Orders'     105
'One of the Most Capable and Enterprising Sailors'     131
'True to the Instincts of Monopoly'     139
'To Struggle Manfully for Life'     149
'Death had been Staring Them in the Face'     177
'Out Like a Rocket'     193
'My Companions are Undefeatable'     239
'Death Lay Ahead and Food Behind'     291
'With an Eye to Medals or Something'     303
'Go Forward and do the Best for our Country'     323
'Englishmen can still Die with a Bold Spirit'     363
Bibliography     373
Index     377