The Open Polar Sea was a prominent but false theory of the nineteenth century that as one approached the highest latitudes the ice would give way to an open sea fed by warm currents which would reach as far as the poles.
The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, in the Schooner “United States.”
Hayes, Isaac I. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867.
- 1860-61 US North Pole Expedition (aboard United States, commanded by Isaac Hayes).
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Pictures of Arctic Travel. Greenland.
Hayes, Isaac I. New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1881.
- 1860-61 US North Pole Expedition (aboard United States, commanded by Isaac Hayes).
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Hayes short book consists of three prose pictures: The Doctor; The Savage; Snow and Ice.
Scientific Observations of Dr. I. I. Hayes’ Arctic Expedition of 1860-61.
Schott, Charles A. Port Foulke Observatory, Sept 9 1860. Library of Congress. Miscellaneous Manuscript Collections. Nine notebooks labeled 2108.
- 1860-61 US North Pole Expedition (aboard United States, commanded by Isaac Hayes).
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Schott, who worked for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, appears to have done the analysis of Hayes’ data in 1865. At end of Part I, the “Computation of the Astronomical Observations” is a draft letter from Schott to Hayes (Feb. 13, 1865) about their publication.