ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. First edition of this anthology of research compiled to support the 1875 British Arctic Expedition, notable for wintering at "the highest winter quarters ever established by an expedition and the farthest north a ship had ever penetrated" (Howgego).Sir George Nares (1831–1915), recalled in 1874 from command of the Challenger, led the expedition north in 1875 aboard Alert and Discovery with the aim of reaching the North Pole. An outbreak of scurvy among the crew forced Nares to take the "morally courageous" (ODNB) decision to abandon the attempt, and the ships returned to Britain in 1876. Despite the curtailed voyage, the expedition was celebrated on its return: Nares received the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1877 and a gold medal from the Geographical Society of Paris in 1879.The bookplate of Captain Richard Campbell (1933-2023) is on the front pastedown. Campbell was a Royal Navy hydrographer who commanded HMS Hydra and converted her into a hospital ship during the Falklands War. He contributed to hydrographic scholarship through the Hakluyt Society.

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