Main entry:

Levere, Trevor Harvey.

Title & Author:

Science and the Canadian Arctic : a century of exploration, 1818-1918 / Trevor H. Levere.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Description:

xiii, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Science and the Navy -- Francis Bacon -- Royal Society -- Edmond Halley and the Voyages of the Paramore -- James Cook -- Constantine Phipps -- 2. Navy and the Northwest Passage after the Napoleonic Wars: 1817-1834 -- William Scoresby -- John Barrow -- 1818 Expedition of John Ross: Geomagnetism -- Hydrography, Meteorology, and other Geophysical Sciences -- William Edward Parry -- James Clark Ross -- Polar Rosses and the North Magnetic Pole 1829-1833 -- Conclusion -- 3. Surveyors and Naturalists by Land and Sea: The Royal Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company 1741-1835 -- From Christopher Middleton to Samuel Hearne: 1741-1772 -- John Franklin and his Naturalists -- Interlude: Flora and Fauna -- George Back -- 4. Mid-century: The Admirality Manual and the State of Arctic Science -- Astronomical and Geophysical Sciences -- Sciences of the Sea -- Geography -- Natural History, including Geology -- Human Sciences -- Conclusion -- 5. Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company 1837-1859: John Franklin and the Search Expeditions -- Reign of George Simpson -- John Franklin's Last Expedition 1845- -- Franklin Search Expeditions from 1848 -- Discovery of Franklin's Fate: John Rae 1853-1854 and Francis Leopold McClintock 1857-1859 -- Record of the Rocks -- Darwin, Joseph Hooker, and the Geography of Arctic Plants -- 6. Arctic Crusade: National Pride, International Affairs, and Science -- Science and Politics -- American Route: Science and Government -- Arctic Crusade: Learned Societies Tackle a Reluctant Admiralty 1865-1874 -- Marking Time -- 1874: The Time Has Come -- 7. Science North: The British Arctic Expedition 1875-1876 -- Magnetic Observatories on the Shores of the Polar Sea -- Geology -- Natural History -- Welcome Home: The Scurvy Committee -- Henry Feilden and Joseph Hooker -- Botany and Paleobotany -- Zoology -- Conclusion -- 8. From Nationalism to Internationalism in Science: The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- United States, Science, and Polar Colonization -- Prelude to the International Polar Year -- American, British, and German Expeditions -- Postscript on Franz Boas and Anthropology -- First International Polar Year: A Precedent and a Model -- 9. Science Without Borders, or Scientific Territory? Imperialism and Emergent Nationalism before 1910 -- Role of the Hudson's Bay Company -- Smithsonian Institution and the Hudson's Bay Company 1855-1869 -- Geology, Exploration, and Territory: Robert Bell -- Otto Sverdrup, Zoology, and Botany -- Geology and Per Schei -- Low, Bell, and the Cruise of the Neptune -- 10. Vilhjalmur Stefansson: Science, Territory, and Politics -- Stefansson-Anderson Arctic Expedition 1908-1912 -- New Lands versus Science: The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918.

Summary:

This is a study of the nature and role of science in the exploration of the Canadian Arctic, beginning with the Northwest Passage expeditions of the Royal Navy in 1818 and ending with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918.

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ISBN:

0521419336
9780521419338

Subject:

Kaṇada.
Scientific expeditions Canada, Northern History.
Scientific expeditions Arctic regions History.
Expeditions history
Expéditions scientifiques Canada (Nord) Histoire.
Expéditions scientifiques Arctique Histoire.
Discoveries in geography
Scientific expeditions
Naturwissenschaften
Wetenschap.
Exploratie.
Expedities.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Arctique Découverte et exploration.
Expéditions scientifiques Histoire.
Geschichte (1818-1918)
Canada, Northern Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration.
Canada (Nord) Découverte et exploration.
Arctic Regions
Northern Canada
Arktis
Kanada

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 126901
Call No.: ID Q115.L554 CAN; ID:97-B1204
Status: Available