Main entry:

Levere, Trevor Harvey.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Description:

xiv, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Science and the Navy -- 2. The Navy and the Northwest Passage after the Napoleonic Wars: 1817-1834 -- 3. Overland to the Arctic, surveyors and naturalists: The Royal Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company -- 4. Mid-century: the Admiralty manual and the state of Arctic science -- 5. Constructive rivalry: the Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company: John Franklin and the search expeditions -- 6. The Arctic crusade: national pride, international affairs, and science -- 7. Science north: the British Arctic Expedition 1875-76 -- 8. From nationalism to internationalism in science: the International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- 9. Science without borders, or scientific territory: imperialism and emergent nationalism before 1918 -- 10. New lands and seas: Vilhjalmur Stefansson: science, territory and government.

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
9780521524919
0521524911

Subject:

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

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

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