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100 1 $aRoss, M. J.$q(Maurice James),$d1908-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83232079
245 10 $aPolar pioneers :$bJohn Ross and James Clark Ross /$cM.J. Ross.
260 $aMontréal ;$aBuffalo :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c1994.
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300 $a[xxviii], 435 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-427) and index.
520 $aDuring the first half of the nineteenth century British explorers eagerly sought the Northwest Passage, making great advances in exploring and charting polar regions. Polar Pioneers is the story of John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross, British naval officers who made important contributions to world exploration.
520 8 $aIn 1818 John Ross led an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage. He got as far as Baffin Bay, but when he reached the only practicable entrance to the passage he declared it to be no more than a bay enclosed by mountains. In subsequent years he was widely derided for that error and carried the scars of public and professional humiliation for the rest of his life.
520 8 $aIn 1829 he mounted a private expedition to search for the passage, during which he became trapped in the Canadian Arctic and survived a four-year ordeal of isolation and hardship. He proved that whatever his shortcomings as an explorer, he could never be accused of lacking courage.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aJames Clark Ross was one of the most experienced and respected explorers of his day. He led or took part in eight expeditions to the Arctic, including John Ross's 1818 and 1829 expeditions and three with the great explorer William Edward Parry. He also led a highly successful scientific expedition to the Antarctic in 1839-43.
520 8 $aHis many important discoveries included locating the North Magnetic Pole, and he ensured the presence of the Ross family name throughout both polar regions: Ross Island, Ross Ice Shelf, and Ross Sea in the Antarctic; James Ross Strait, Ross Bay, Ross Point, and Rossoya in the Arctic.
600 10 $aRoss, John,$cSir,$d1777-1856.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84177316
600 10 $aRoss, James Clark,$cSir,$d1800-1862.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50046289
650 0 $aExplorers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103438
650 0 $aExplorers$zCanada$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120093
651 0 $aArctic regions$xDiscovery and exploration$xBritish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114226
651 0 $aNorthwest Passage.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092611
651 0 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration$xBritish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114197
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