A Voyage to HudsonÂ’s Bay during the Summer of 1812: Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs and Other Phenomena which Present Themselves in ... Library Collection - Polar Exploration)

Thomas M'Keevor served as the physician for the second group of Selkirk settlers that set out in 1812 for the Red River Colony in Canada. This short account of what he witnessed, particularly the crossing of Hudson Bay, appeared in 1819. Greatly interested in icebergs, M'Keevor discusses these 'sea mountains' in detail. He also describes the Inuit peoples encountered, giving a short glossary of Inuit words. Presenting a vivid account of the scene, he was clearly moved by seeing a polar bear protecting her cubs from a hunting party sent out from the ship. Also published in this volume is a brief account in English of the 1806 voyage of the Sirène by the French naval officer Fréminville. Initially tasked with attacking British whalers off Spitsbergen, the frigate came close to the coast of Greenland, yet most of the time on land was spent in Iceland, where observations were made of the Icelandic people, fauna and geology.
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An aparitie	2014
Autor	Thomas M'Keevor, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville
Dimensiuni	14 x 0.7 x 21.6 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108071505
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	122