Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski
With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, As Far As the Mackenzie River, and Cape Bathurst
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
- Author: William Hulme Hooper
- Date Published: March 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108070836
Paperback
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who had in fact perished in desperate circumstances in 1847. As a newly qualified naval officer, William Hulme Hooper (1827–54) took part in one of the many expeditions which sought to find Franklin. Embarking in 1848, the crew of HMS Plover spent three winters in the Arctic, with tragic consequences for Hooper's health. On his return, perhaps realising time was short, he wrote this illustrated account of his travels, and saw it published the year before he died at the age of only twenty-seven. The work is of particular interest because of its detailed descriptions of the Bering Sea region, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. Especially noteworthy are the observations on the way of life of the indigenous Chukchi people, whom Hooper called 'Tuski'.
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: March 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108070836
- length: 450 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.57kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Dedication
Part I:
1. Long absence of the Erebus and Terror
2. Notices of visits to Tchutski
3. Tuski not Tchutski
4. Kaygwan
5. Welcome little stranger
6. Friends
7. Mooldooyah's hospitality
8. Journey towards East Cape
9. Woman's care
10. Way to manage natives
11. Vexatious detention
12. A Tuski feast
13. Matricide, a deed of horror
Part II:
14. Arrive in Kotzebue Sound
15. Take to whale-boats and oomiak
16. Lion reef
17. Horrible Esquimaux attack
18. Gastronomy
19. Christmas festivities
20. Leave Fort Simpson
21. Return voyage
22. New Year's Day festival
23. Running a rapid.-
General Resources
Find resources associated with this title
Type Name Unlocked * Format Size Showing of
This title is supported by one or more locked resources. Access to locked resources is granted exclusively by Cambridge University Press to lecturers whose faculty status has been verified. To gain access to locked resources, lecturers should sign in to or register for a Cambridge user account.
Please use locked resources responsibly and exercise your professional discretion when choosing how you share these materials with your students. Other lecturers may wish to use locked resources for assessment purposes and their usefulness is undermined when the source files (for example, solution manuals or test banks) are shared online or via social networks.
Supplementary resources are subject to copyright. Lecturers are permitted to view, print or download these resources for use in their teaching, but may not change them or use them for commercial gain.
If you are having problems accessing these resources please contact lecturers@cambridge.org.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×