p. 23: Amos Bonsall, the last living survivor of the Kane expedition, was the officer of the brig ‘Advance’ who was in charge of making daguerreotypes for the expedition. Although the U.S. Navy had provided the ‘Advance’ with the apparatus for taking daguerreotypes of the arctic scenes which Bonsall and his companions were to encounter at unprecedented latitudes, the labors of Bonsall as the ship’s photographic chronicler came to a disastrous end in the year 1855. As Bonsall says…, the results of his work ‘were lost on our return. The box containing the daguerreotypes was put upon a sledge on the ice, and was carried away, together with the whole collection of Arctic birds, which had been prepared with great care for the Academy of Natural Science. This was an irreparable loss, and one to this day I have never ceased to regret.’ [See Rudolf Kersting, The White World, “After Fifty Years.”]
Dr. Kane’s Voyage to the Polar Lands.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
Cosmogony: or Thoughts on Philosophy.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
Merrill was apparently on Kane’s 2d expedition for which he kept a journal and meteorological record (p. 14), and worked with Dr. Vreeland in observing auroras (p. 18-9, citing Kane I, p. 425)
Professor Sonntag’s Thrilling Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1853, 1854, abd 1855, in Search of Sir John Franklin, under the Command of Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
Sonntag was on the second Grinnell expedition aboard the Advance, serving as astronomer, leaving in May 1853.
The Franklin Expedition from First to Last.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
King was among the most ascerbic critics of most explorers other than himself, carrying his battles through the press and elsewhere. His expedition was ???
Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin 1878-1880.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
p. xix, re McClintock’s finding of the boat: In the boat lay two skeletons, both minus the skull, as well as five watches, two double-barrelled guns, and some small books including a Bible and a copy of The Vicar of Wakefield.
Elisha Kent Kane and the Seafaring Frontier
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
p. 55-56, on setting off on the first Grinnell expedition: I collected as I could some simple instruments for thermal and magnetic registration, which would have been of use if they had found their way on board. A very few books for the dark hours of winter, and a stock of coarse woolen clothing…constituted my entire outfit; and with these I made my report to Commodore Salter at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The Terror, a Novel.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
A completely fanciful attempt to explain what might have happened to the Franklin expedition.
Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-day Life in the Arctic Seas
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
The author was ship’s doctor under Captain Forsyth on this expedition sponsored by Lady Franklin.
The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship “Resolute” to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin.
- 1848-59 The Franklin Search.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
McDougall was master of the Resolute, under Captain Henry Kellett to whom the book is dedicated. Quite fascinating journal of the second Arctic voyage of Resolute which ended in abandonment, and rediscovery after its long float. Some of its timber eventually wound up in the President’s White House desk.