LEADER 04251nam 2201045 450 001 9910795745503321 005 20230527060111.0 010 $a0-2280-1336-4 010 $a0-2280-1337-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780228013365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29342606 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29342606 035 $a(CKB)24106352000041 035 $a(DE-B1597)657750 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780228013365 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924106352000041 100 $a20230527d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMay we be spared to meet on earth $eletters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition /$fedited by Russell A. Potter [and four others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMontreal, Quebec :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (505 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Potter, Russell A. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228011392 327 $aCover -- MAY WE BE SPARED TO MEET ON EARTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Anticipation -- 2 Preparation -- 3 Sailing -- 4 London to Stromness -- 5 Stromness to Greenland -- 6 Last Partings -- 7 Letters to the Lost -- Appendices -- A Harry Goodsir's "Zoology from the Arctic Expedition," with a fragment of a letter to Edward Forbes -- B Unattributed Letters in the Press -- C Franklin's Two Official Despatches to the Admiralty -- D A Brief Account of the Role of Steam Power in the Launch of the Expedition -- E A Note on the Proposed Route of the Expedition -- F Capsule Biographies of the Writers of These Letters -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Index. 330 $aMay We Be Spared to Meet on Earth collects the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin's fateful Arctic expedition, providing new insights into the personalities of those on board, the voyage's significance, and the dawning realization that they might never return. 606 $aDiscoveries in geography 606 $aExplorers$zGreat Britain$vCorrespondence 606 $aSailors$zGreat Britain$vCorrespondence 607 $aNorthwest Passage$xDiscovery and exploration$xBritish$vSources 607 $aArctique$xDe?couverte et exploration britanniques$vSources 607 $aNord-Ouest, Passage du$xDe?couverte et exploration britanniques$vSources 607 $aArctic Ocean$zNorthwest Passage$2fast 607 $aArctic Regions$2fast 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 608 $aPersonal correspondence.$2fast 608 $aSources.$2fast 608 $aPersonal correspondence.$2lcgft 608 $aCorrespondance prive?e.$2rvmgf 610 $a19th Century. 610 $aAnglo-Irish explorers. 610 $aArchipelago. 610 $aArctic sovereignty. 610 $aCanadian. 610 $aDaguerreotype. 610 $aExploration. 610 $aInuit. 610 $aOrkney. 610 $aRoyal Navy. 610 $aTasmanian. 610 $aWest Greenland. 610 $aWhaling. 610 $acorrespondence. 610 $acultural contact. 610 $aengineering. 610 $aglobal warming. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aice conditions. 610 $aicebergs. 610 $aliteracy. 610 $amaterial culture. 610 $anatural. 610 $anaturalists. 610 $anaval ships. 610 $anineteenth. 610 $aphotography. 610 $ashipboard life. 610 $asignals. 610 $asocial class. 610 $asteam-powered. 610 $aterminology. 610 $awriting. 615 0$aDiscoveries in geography. 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aSailors 676 $a910.916327 686 $acci1icc$2lacc 702 $aPotter$b Russell A.$f1960- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795745503321 996 $aMay we be spared to meet on earth$93807286 997 $aUNINA