Arctic Exploration in the Nineteenth Century: Discovering the Northwest Passage [Hardcover]

Focusing on nineteenth-century attempts to locate the northwest passage, the essays in this volume present this quest as a central element of British culture.Focusing on nineteenth-century attempts to locate the northwest passage, the essays in this volume present this quest as a central element of British culture.Introduction Exploration and Sacrifice: The Cultural Logic of Arctic Discovery, Russell A. Potter; Part I Hubris, Conflicts and Desires; Chapter 1 John Barrows Darling Project (181646), I. S. MacLaren; Chapter 2 Eskimaux, Officers and Gentlemen Sir John Ross in the ICY Fields of Credibility (181846), Fr?d?ric Regard; Chapter 3 In the Company of Strangers: Shedding Light on Robert Mcclures Claim of Discovery (18507), Catherine Pesso-Miquel; Part II Hubris, Confl icts and Desires; Chapter 4 Miss Porden, Mrs Franklin and the Arctic Expeditions: Eleanor Anne Porden and the Construction of Arctic Heroism (181825), Janice Cavell; Chapter 5 Arctic Romance Under a Cloud: Franklins Second Expedition by Land (18257), Catherine Lanone; Chapter 6 Unremitting Exertions: Sentiment and Responsibility in Jane Franklins Correspondence (1854), Penny Russell; Part III The Northwest Passage in Nineteenth-Century Culture; Chapter 7 Discovery as Cheerful Endurance: William Edward Parrys Quest (181925), Jan Borm; Chapter 8 Is this the End?: Swinburnes Paradoxical Tribute to Sir John Franklin (1860), Charlotte Ribeyrol; Chapter 9 A Certain Want of Arch-Inscape? The Critical Reception of Millaiss North-West Passage (1874), Laurent Bury;US? Taylor & Francis 2013