The Polar Rosses: John and James Clark Ross and Their Explorations

260 pp. 8vo. An account of the polar explorations of Sir John Ross (1777-1856) and his nephew Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), who between the two of them participated in several Arctic and Antarctic voyages, including the third expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, a voyage in search of the North-West Passage, voyages under Parry, and the expedition during which the position of the North Magnetic Pole was determined.