p. 37, concerning the Parry and Ross Northwest Passage expedition on Isabella and Alexander, 1818: The officers, meanwhile, were supplied with a twenty-five-volume library of Arctic reference books, to which the Naval and Military Bible Society added ninety uplifting tracts to be shared between both ships.
Barrow’s Boys
Fleming, Fergus. . (London, Granta Books, 1998).
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
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Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole.
Fleming, Fergus. London: Granta Books, 2001.
- Arctic Reading: General
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This is a fairly standard account of high Arctic exploration, well-written and readable but offering little by way of new insights into the phenomenon. Chiefly deals with British and American explorers, but includes Nansen, Andree and others.