Box 5: Diary, April 27, 1914 (Canadian Arctic Expedition); folder 2 has inventory of all equipment and supplies that includes “Stork’s books 10 lbs.”
Dartmouth College Archives. Mss. 98
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. Finding Aid 1982.
- 1913-16 Canadian Arctic Expedition (Led by Stefansson with Captain Bob Bartlett commanding the Karluk).
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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The Outpost of the Lost: An Arctic Adventure.
Brainard, David L. (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929.
- 1881-84 International Physical Year US Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay (led by Adolphus Greely).
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Mainly Brainard’s diary of the Greely retreat from Fort Conger, starting on August 9, 1883, to the rescue of only six survivors of the twenty-eight men, including Brainard, in June 1884.
Polar Pioneers. John Ross and James Clark Ross.
Ross, J. M. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994.
- Antarctic Reading: General
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A joint biography of uncle and nephew with much on other explorers of the time, e.g. Parry. There is an impressive body of contemporary literature surrounding the Rosses and Parry which is well-described here, including the acrimony between uncle and nephew, John and James.
Personal communication from David H. W. Wilson, Emeritus Fellow, British Antarctic Survey, January 20, 2014.
Walton, David H. W.
- 2013-14 Antarctic Study Cruises to Patagonia and Antarctica aboard Seabourn Quest.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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The late David Walton was a lecturer on this cruise and his description of library facilities on the cruise tells a good deal about changes in book and information provision aboard expeditionary ships, including commercial trips, in the 21st century.
The Race.
Holt, Kare. Trans. from the Norwegian by Joan Tate. London, Michael Joseph, 1976.
- 1910-14 British National Antarctic Expedition (Scott on Terra Nova).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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A fictional account of the Scott-Amundsen race for the South Pole, which mentions Scott’s use of the Bible twice: p. 144-6: “His desk was a couple of old crates which he had covered with oilcloth. A Bible lay on the desk, and two other books, paper and pens…. He held a service every Sunday. It was the only time the other ranks also congregated in the officers’ room. It wasn’t a matter of choice. No one was allowed to absent himself. Every man clasped his hands, even though some fingers were covered in frostbite sores. A meeting with God prescribed a sanctity here as back home in England. He read from the Bible in a clear, well-modulated voice, and prayed using ordinary familiar words. Outside the blizzard raged.”