Arctic Exploration & Search For Franklin 1850s - Elisha Kane - Illustrated 1869

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Geography:Arctic
Year Printed:1869
Modified Item:No
Country/Region of Manufacture:United States
Topic:Arctic
Binding:Hardcover
Region:North America
Arctic:Exploration
Author:Elisha Kane
Subject:Exploration & Travel
Original/Facsimile:Original
Language:English
Publisher:Bliss
Polar Exploration:1800s
Place of Publication:New Jersey
Inuit:History
Special Attributes:Illustrated
Flora:Arctic
Fauna:Arctic
Native American:History

Offered here is the scarce huge volume containing the illustrated chronicles of American naval surgeon, Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) selected to command the second Grinnell Expedition, launched under the auspices of the U.S. Navy and various scientific institutions during the years 1853-55, in search of Sir John Franklin. It also contains fascinating information about the life, customs and challenges of the native Inuit people as well as details about wildlife, geography and native plants. As ship’s surgeon Kane had accompanied the first American expedition to search for missing British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850. “Kane quickly impressed British explorers with his intelligence and traveling experience. In August 1850 the fleet located Franklin’s first winter base on Beechey Island, along with the graves of three of Franklin’s men. Further searches by the Advance failed to locate Franklin’s expedition. The Advance returned to the United States in September 1851. Kane’s belief that Franklin might have gone further north persuaded Grinnell and the U.S. Navy to support a second expedition to search for the lost explorers. Kane led this new expedition in the Advance to seek a more northerly route near Greenland. Kane’s expedition departed in 1853, traveling northward along the Greenland coast. As the ship entered Smith Sound, the channel separating Greenland from Ellesmere Island, Canada, heavy ice stopped its progress. Rather than retreat to the south, Kane elected to keep his ship in Smith Sound. The ice soon froze around the ship, trapping Kane and his men in the high Arctic for the winter. When spring arrived, Kane sent exploring parties to the north along Smith Sound. One of his men, William Morton, discovered a broad expanse of open water, which he thought was an ocean. Morton’s report led Kane to the erroneous conclusion that there was an open polar sea. Kane did chart many new discoveries in what later became known as “the American route to the pole.” The 1854 summer thaw failed to release the ship from the ice. Some of Kane’s men, fearing that they would not survive another winter in the Arctic, demanded to go south to reach the Greenland settlements. Kane, unable to quell the mutiny, refused to abandon the ship and his sick men. The dissenters, who included Isaac Hayes, then insisted that Kane supply food and equipment for their escape. Kane reluctantly complied. Kane and his remaining men faced a second bleak winter in the Arctic. While strong men wilted, Kane, the invalid, became a pillar of strength. The innovative doctor traded with the local Inuit for food. He also used the bountiful supply of the ship’s rats for food and as a remedy for scurvy. When Kane learned that the deserters were starving, he sent them food and assisted their return to the ship. During the summer of 1855 Kane successfully led his men south to the Greenland settlements. He quickly became the United States’ first Arctic hero. From across the Atlantic, Franklin’s wife implored Kane to come to England to organize a new search for her husband. The British government and the prestigious Royal Geographical Society also wished to honor the American hero. In October 1856 Kane reluctantly sailed to England, where his health rapidly deteriorated. Seeking a warmer climate, Kane sailed to Havana, Cuba, in December in December 1856, but his physical condition worsened. Kane died in Havana” Ted Heckathorn for ADNB). There are two title pages: The first title page reads: Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, ’54, ’55 by Elisha Kent Kane – Published by R.W. Bliss and Company 1868 The second title page reads: Arctic Explorations – The Second and Last United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin – Beautifully Illustrated With Twenty-Three Engravings and More Than Two Hundred and Fifty Engravings from Original Designs by Elisha Kent Kane With a Biographical Sketch of the Author by Prof. Charles W. Shields of Princeton College. N.J. – Published by R.W. Bliss, Hartford, Conn., Bliss and Company, N.J. 1869 There are 61 chapters . There is a 17 page appendix with a biography and tribute to the late author Elisha Kane who died in 1857. Some of the topics covered include: Baffin’s Bay; Coast of Greenland; Crimson Cliffs of Beverley; Closing With the Ice; Narwhal; Esquimaux Huts; Godsend ledge; Crossing Minturu River; Skelton Musk-Ox; Training the Dogs; The Brig on Fire; Hydrophobia; Cape George Russell; The Third Cache; Walrus Holes; Portrait of Old Grim; Ice Changes; Arctic Life; A Bivouac; Baker’s Death; Myouk; The Great Glacier of Humboldt; Dr. Hayes’s Party; Seal Hunting; The Bear in Camp; The Polar Tides; The Vegetation; The Birds Appear; Igloe (Igloo) of Anoatok; The Arctic Hare; The Bennesoak; Insubordination; Famine Among the Esquimaux; Captain James Kent; The Sick Hut; Catching Auks; Out in a Gale; Ohlsen’s Accident; Hakluyt Island; and the Open Sea to name only a very, very few. There are many interesting full and small illustrations throughout depicting various aspects of native Eskimo life at the time as well as scenes from the expeditions and the natural landscape. There are full page portraits of Kane and Grinnell and John Franklin. This massive 766 page, 9 by 6 by 3 inch thick hardcover is in fairly good condition. Most pages are clear. There are some slight smudges and foxing in some of the edge margins. There is a slight damp stain that runs along the outer edge of the back inside endpapers, some of the text pages and the inside front endpaper. One section of a tissue guard protecting an engraving is missing. The binding is solid. The calfskin cover with black and gold spine title is worn and worn along the edges. Someone in the past trued to repair a tear along the spine with clear tape. Shipping Terms:We ship Worldwide. Purchaser to pay shipping charges – no extra costs. Canada does not have a media book rate – postal charges are determined by weight and vary from country to country as well as across Canada. NOTE… this thick volume quite heavy weighing almost 4 pounds. 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