Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2023

Zeitschrift: Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research

Bandnummer: 59

ISSN: 0032-2474

eISSN: 1475-3057

Open Access Status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247423000189

Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Abstract: 
Much has been written about the so-called Franklin expedition (1845-52?), but not about the master mariners, who joined as "Greenland pilots," as experienced whaling masters on Royal Navy expeditions were usually called in the 19th century. Having been on no Royal Navy expeditions before, next to nothing was known about Scottish whaling master James Reid, the ice master of HMS Erebus in Franklin's expedition. Putting together all the available biographical information about him for the first time, the goal of this article is not only to tell who he was but also to tell how and why he joined the expedition, and as far as this is possible to say - what he experienced in its course.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Schuster, F. (2023) James Reid (1795?-1850?), Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research, 59, Article e25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247423000189

APA-Zitierstil: Schuster, F. (2023). James Reid (1795?-1850?). Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research. 59, Article e25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247423000189