Arctic Explorations by Elisha Kent Kane - 9781108041416

Arctic ExplorationsThe Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55\nAuthor(s): Elisha Kent Kane\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108041416, 978-1108041416\nSynopsis\nElisha Kent Kane [tel] was a medical officer in the United States Navy, best known for the so-called 'Grinnell voyages' to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin's expedition. Originally published in 1856, this two-volume work documents his second expedition, between 1853 and 1855, during which his ship became ice-bound, and he and his men survived by adopting Inuit survival skills, such as hunting, sledge-driving and hut-building. In Volume 1, Kane recounts the dangers posed by icebergs, glaciers and fluctuating tides, which led to his ship's entrapment, and records his impressions of the Inuit whom he later relied on for survival. Along with extensive illustrations of the animals, terrain and peo.