Arctic Explorations - Volume 2

The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55

By: Elisha Kent Kane

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Paperback | 29 December 2011

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Elisha Kent Kane (1820 57) 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 2, Kane continues to describe the Inuit people by whom he was aided, their birth and death rites, their survival skills in times of famine, and their rescuing of his crew. Accompanied by an extensive appendix containing his meteorological and geological surveys of the area, Kane's writings reveal his own controversial personality, his scholarly and navigational abilities, and his admiration of the way in which the Inuits' life was adapted to their environment."

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Modes of life
A break-down
The fire-clothed bag
The bennesoak
Our condition
Line of open water
Colloquy in the bunks
The delectable mountains
Routine
Journey after Hans
Hartstene Bay
The Esquimaux of Greenland
Walrus-hunting
Kalutunah
Cape James Kent
Preparations for escape
The pledges
The sick-hut
To the brig again
New stations
The game of ball
The bakery
Fresh dogs
The red boat sinking
The farewell
Sutherland Island
A look-out
The crimson cliffs
The sea! The sea!
Conclusion
Appendix
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Arctic Explorations - Volume 2

The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55

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