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Record #164763:

On the probable existence of unknown lands within the Arctic Circle / Sherard Osborn.

Title: On the probable existence of unknown lands within the Arctic Circle / Sherard Osborn.
Author(s): Osborn, Sherard.
Date: 1873.
In: Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. (1873.), Vol. 17(3) (1873)
Abstract: At RGS meeting on 28 April 1873 author gives extended reasons, including need to remain in touch with land for as long as possible to ensure fresh meat supplies, for future expedition to the North Pole to depart from Baffin Strait rather than Spitsbergen or Bering Sea.
Notes:

Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. Vol. 17(3) :172-183 (1873).

Keywords: 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1875-76 Nares.
91(091) -- Exploration, history.
910.2 -- Exploration, kinds and techniques.
355.41 -- Logistics.
93"187" -- 1870-1879.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*301) -- North Pole.
(*324) -- Spitsbergen.
(*41) -- Canada.
(*54) -- Northern Sea Route.
(*662) -- Bering Sea and Strait.
SPRI record no.: 164763

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