A general account of hunting and fishing in the Arctic, by the eminent explorer who later rescued what was left of Adolphus Greenly’s expedition. Schwatka’s brief Introduction summarizes his intent:
Nimrod in the North, Or Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the Arctic Regions.
Schwatka, Frederick. New York: Cassell & Co., 1886.
- Arctic Reading: United States
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The Search for Franklin: A Narrative of the American Expedition under Lieutenant Schwatka, 1878 to 1880.
Schwatka, Frederick. (London: T. Nelson and sons, 1899).
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
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An account by Colonel Gilder first published in New York Herald but supplemented by Schwatka’s own narrative at the end as given in an address to the AGS (see p 97ff). Quite a bit is based on Inuit accounts, giving a good overview of the search for Franklin.