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Hunters on the Track
Captains of whaling vessels were experienced navigators of northern waters, and William Penny was in the vanguard of the whaling fraternity. Leading the first maritime expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, he stood out not just for his skill as a sailor but for his curiosity about northern geography and his willingness to seek out Inuit testimony to map uncharted territory. Hunters on the Track describes and analyzes the efforts made by the Scottish whaling master to locate Franklin's missing expedition. Bookended by an account of Penny's whaling career, including the rediscovery of Cumberland Sound, which would play a vital role in British whaling a decade later, W. Gillies Ross provid...
Hunters on the Track
A detailed account of the controversial Scottish whaling master - authorized by Lady Franklin, yet dismissed by the Admiralty - who led the first of the Franklin searches.
This Distant and Unsurveyed Country
Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies.
An Arctic Whaling Diary
Journal of George Comer, master of the American whaling schooner Era.
Arctic Whalers, Icy Seas
Compilation of first-person accounts from journals and diaries from whaling expeditions to Davis Strait from British ports from 1824 to 1917. Includes much previously unpublished material.
Sir George W. Ross
Biography of former premier of Ontario and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
