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Record #203436:
Shipwreck at Cape Flora: the expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's forgotten Arctic explorer / P.J. Capelotti.
Title: | Shipwreck at Cape Flora: the expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's forgotten Arctic explorer / P.J. Capelotti. |
Author(s): | Capelotti, P. J. |
Date: | 2013. |
Publisher: | Calgary: University of Calgary Press |
Abstract: | Biography of Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913), detailing his five major Arctic expeditions and placing them within context of nineteenth-century polar exploration. Includes list of crew members of Eira during 1881-82 expedition; ornithological notes from 1881-82; lists of stores saved from Eira in 1881 and supplies loaded on to escape boats, June 1882. |
Keywords: | 629.12 -- Vessels: Eira. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 92 -- Biographies: Leigh Smith, Benjamin. 93"187" -- 1870-1879. 93"188" -- 1880-1889. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*32) -- Svalbard. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). (*527) -- Frantsa-Iosifa, Zemlya. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 92[Leigh Smith, B.][Cap-2013] |
ISBN: | 9781552387054 |
SPRI record no.: | 203436 |
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