Hunters on the Track William Penny and the Search for Franklin 1st Edition by Gillies Ross 9780773552838 0773552839

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ISBN 10: 0773552839

ISBN 13: 9780773552838

Author: W. Gillies Ross

Captains of whaling vessels were experienced navigators of northern waters, and William Penny was in the vanguard of the whaling fraternity. Leading the first maritime expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, he stood out not just for his skill as a sailor but for his curiosity about northern geography and his willingness to seek out Inuit testimony to map uncharted territory. Hunters on the Track describes and analyzes the efforts made by the Scottish whaling master to locate Franklin’s missing expedition. Bookended by an account of Penny’s whaling career, including the rediscovery of Cumberland Sound, which would play a vital role in British whaling a decade later, W. Gillies Ross provides an in-depth history of the first Franklin searches. He reconstructs the brief but frenetic period when the English-speaking world was preoccupied with locating Franklin, but when the means of that search – the ships chosen, the route taken, the evidence of Franklin’s traces – were contested and uncertain. Ross details the particularities of each search at a time when no fewer than eight ships comprising four search expeditions were attempting to find Franklin’s tracks. Reconstructing events, relationships, and decisions, he focuses on the work of Penny as commander of HMS Lady Franklin and Sophia, while also outlining the events of other expeditions and interactions among the officers and crews. William Penny is respected as one of the most influential and innovative figures in British Arctic whaling history, but his brief role in the Franklin expedition is less known. Using primary sources, notably private journals from each of the expeditions, Hunters on the Track places him at the forefront of a critical chapter of maritime history and the geographical exploration that began after Franklin disappeared.

Table of contents:

1 Franklin Departs

2 William Penny and Arctic Whaling

3 The Summer of 1845

4 Whaling Interlude

5 Concern Mounts

6 A Silver Penny

7 Under Way

8 More Hunters on the Track

9 North from Disko

10 Sail versus Steam

11 A Massacre Reported

12 To the West Land

13 Into Lancaster Sound

14 Wellington Channel

15 West to Cornwallis Island

16 Beset in the Drifting Pack

17 Into Winter Quarters

18 Preparations for Winter

19 The Festive Season

20 The Sledging Season: A False Start

21 Second Attempt

22 Penny’s Boat Voyage

23 A Thousand-Mile Drift among Ice Floes

24 Homeward Voyage

25 Penny’s Arrival

26 The Inquiry

27 An Open Polar Sea?

28 A Dispute over Place Names

29 Penny’s Portrait

30 A Gratifying Acknowledgment

31 Persistence

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