Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827, Including an Account of the Progress of a Detachment to the Eastward (The Canadiana Reprint Series)

xl, 320, clvii pp. Six fold-out maps in rear pocket. Engraved plates throughout text. A facsimile of the 1828 original, with a new introduction by Leslie H. Neatby. Arctic Bibliography 5198: "Another edition was published in 1829, with title Journey to the shores of the polar sea, in 1825-26-27, but without material change of text. Record of an expedition overland in northwestern Canada to the Mackenzie delta, thence to explore the unknown northern coast: the travels of Franklin, Dr. John Richardson and party, down the Mackenzie River to Great Bear Lake where winter quarters were made at Fort Franklin and a survey of the lake undertaken by Richardson; the trip to the mouth of the Mackenzie, Franklin's journey westward in summer and fall 1826, across the delta and along the arctic coast to Return Point, Alaska and return; Dr. Richardson's exploration eastward along the coast to the mouth of the Coppermine River, his ascent of the Coppermine and return to Fort Franklin overland, crossing the Copper (i.e. Coppermine) Mts. and height of land. Includes throughout the narrative, description of the new country, of Great Bear Lake, the ice along the shores of the arctic sea, the encounters (friendly and otherwise) with Eskimos; notes on the Dogrib Indians, the burning coal cliffs beyond Cape Bathurst, the weather, mirages, and travel conditions. Appendices: 1. Richardson, J. Topographical and geological notes. 2. Richardson, J. Meteorological tables from registers kept at Fort Franklin. Richardson J. Observations on solar radiation. 4. Kendall, E.N. Observations on the velocity of sound at different temperatures, with remarks. 5. Observations for latitude, longitude and magnetic variations. 6. Observations relative to the daily variation of the horizontal magnetic needle. 7. On the aurora borealis."