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MARC recordBenjamin Leigh Smith's first Arctic expedition: Svalbard 1871 / P.J. Capelotti.
| Title: | Benjamin Leigh Smith's first Arctic expedition: Svalbard 1871 / P.J. Capelotti. |
| Author(s): | Capelotti, P. J. |
| Date: | 2006. |
| In: | Polar Record. (2006.), Vol. 42(220) (2006) |
| Abstract: | Describes first of Leigh Smith's three consecutive annual geographic and oceanographic explorations of Svalbard. Unpublished 1871 journal reveals growing appreciation of, and expertise in, European high Arctic; corrects misstatements in later accounts of this first voyage; describes exploration of Hinlopenstretet and discovery and naming of Brochøya, Foynøya and 31 other points in north-east Svalbard; and offers glimpses of explorer's personality. |
| Notes: | Polar Record. Vol. 42(220) :1-14 (2006). |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1871 Leigh Smith. 93"187" -- 1870-1879. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*32) -- Svalbard. |
| SPRI record no.: | 176018 |
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