Journal article
Authors list: Schuster, Frank M. M.
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research
Volume number: 59
ISSN: 0032-2474
eISSN: 1475-3057
Open access status: Hybrid
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247423000189
Publisher: 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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: 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 Citation style: 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
Keywords
Franklin Expedition; ice master; James Reid (1795?-1850?); Sir John Franklin; Whaler
