TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition
A2  - Carney, Peter (Blogger), toimittaja
A2  - Koellner, Regina, toimittaja
A2  - Potter, Russell A., 1960- toimittaja
A2  - Williamson, Mary (Descendent of Sir John Franklin), toimittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
PB  - McGill-Queens University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5619017
AB  - "May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklins fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journeys inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crews exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families."--
SN  - 978-0-2280-1139-2 kovakantinen
SN  - 0228011396
KW  - Great Britain. : Royal Navy : Officers : Correspondence.
KW  - Grande-Bretagne. : Royal Navy : Officiers : Correspondance.
KW  - Great Britain. : Royal Navy.
KW  - John Franklin Arctic Expedition : (1845-1851) : Sources.
KW  - 1800-luku
KW  - merivoimat
KW  - upseerit
KW  - merimiehet
KW  - tutkimusmatkat
KW  - tutkimusmatkailijat
KW  - tutkimusretkikunnat
KW  - asevoimat
KW  - Explorers : Great Britain : Correspondence.
KW  - Sailors : Great Britain : Correspondence.
KW  - Explorateurs : Grande-Bretagne : Correspondance.
KW  - Marins : Grande-Bretagne : Correspondance.
KW  - Armed Forces : Officers.
KW  - Discoveries in geography : British.
KW  - Explorers.
KW  - Sailors.
KW  - arktinen alue
KW  - kirjeet
KW  - kirjeenvaihto
KW  - muistelmat
KW  - Pohjoinen jäämeri
KW  - Luoteisväylä
KW  - Iso-Britannia
KW  - Arctic regions : Discovery and exploration : British : Sources.
KW  - Northwest Passage : Discovery and exploration : British : Sources.
KW  - Arctique : Découverte et exploration britanniques : Sources.
KW  - Nord-Ouest, Passage du : Découverte et exploration britanniques : Sources.
KW  - Arctic Ocean : Northwest Passage.
KW  - Arctic Regions.
KW  - Great Britain.
ER  -