Alone, months of sailing separating them from home, in the polar winter where the sun never rises, the two ships of Captain William Parry's expedition lay encased in ice from November 1819 to March 1820. In order to fully chart the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, it was necessary to overwinter in the Arctic, something that no other British expedition had done before. To boost morale in these uncomfortable circumstances, Captain Edward Sabine (1788-1883), a senior scientist carrying out measurements ...
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Alone, months of sailing separating them from home, in the polar winter where the sun never rises, the two ships of Captain William Parry's expedition lay encased in ice from November 1819 to March 1820. In order to fully chart the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, it was necessary to overwinter in the Arctic, something that no other British expedition had done before. To boost morale in these uncomfortable circumstances, Captain Edward Sabine (1788-1883), a senior scientist carrying out measurements of natural phenomena, founded and edited a weekly magazine, which ran for twenty-one issues and was made available to the wider world in 1821. Offering jokes, poems, stories and thinly disguised gossip, the members of the expedition contributed to the magazine with enthusiasm (after having first thawed their ink). This little book offers unique insight into what polar exploration in the nineteenth century was actually like.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Complete: all issues of this extraordinary 'newspaper': No. 1-Monday, November 1, 1819 to No XXI-Monday, March 20, 1820. Captain William Parry's expedition to the North, together with esteemed scientist and geophysist Edward Sabine (who had been detailed to study the earth's magnetism). However, they lay encased in ice from November 1819 to March 1820. To boost morale (as to be seen nearly a century later, with the 'Wipers Times') in these uncomfortable circumstances, Captain Edward Sabine founded and edited a weekly magazine, which ran for twenty-one issues and was made available to the wider world in 1821. Offering jokes, poems, stories and thinly disguised gossip, the members of the expedition contributed to the magazine with enthusiasm (after having first thawed their ink). This little book offers unique insight into what polar exploration in the nineteenth century was actually like. A most pleasing copy of this bound first edition of the public release. Half leather. The marbled boards are much worn, scuffed, marked. The leathered corners and spine also have much wear and scuffing. They, and the boards, are secure and characterful. Excellent marbled end papers. The contents-especially taking their age into account-are in most gratifying condition. They are firm, healthy, clean, clear, amiable, assured, congenial, companionable, most thrilling and engaging. fk.
