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Record Id:
040-003375373
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003374833
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100043186436.0x000001
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89230/2/2
Title:

Arctic Expedition: Volume two

Scope & Content:

Second volume of the journal kept by Markham during the British Arctic Expedition 1875-76, as Captain of HMS Alert and second-in-command under Sir George Nares on the Discovery.

The volume opens with Markham's sledging journals for 25 September to 14 October 1875, 3 April to 2 June 1876 (the 'Spring Campaign'), and 2 June to 13 June 1876, before concluding with Volume 4 of his ship's journal, 25 July to 1 November 1876, documenting the voyage homewards.

The volume contains several watercolours and a pen and ink sketch, bound, tipped or glued into the volume. These are listed below, with titles taken from Markham's own annotations unless otherwise stated.

Watercolours:

  • [Markham, dressed in furs and holding his staff, on the sledging expedition], f 12.
  • Near the Depôt. Cape Joseph Henry, f 35.
  • Northwards Ho, [depicting 8 men pulling a sledge], f 40.
  • [Arctic scene, showing two tents, sledges, and two men in the ice], f 73.
  • Our most Northern Camp, [close view of the camp, depicting two tents, sledges, and three men erecting a Union Jack], f 75.
  • Lat 83.20.6 N The most northern position by Man - May 12 1876 [showing the men, having established five flags], f 77.
  • Untitled bird [Snow Bunting standing on the ice], f 94.
  • Untitled [woman with dog], f 163.

Sketches:

  • My most Northern Camp. Lat 83.20N (by Admiral Beechey), f 71.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003374833
036-003374838
040-003375373
Is part of:
Add MS 89230 : Expedition journals of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Add MS 89230/2 : Expedition journals: British Arctic Expedition

 

Add MS 89230/2/2 : Arctic Expedition: Volume two
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032-003374833[0002]/036-003374838[0002]/040-003375373
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1876
End Date:
1876
Date Range:
1876
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
Three softboard stationer's notebooks bound into a single volume, half dark blue morocco over pebbled boards, front cover stamped in gilt with Markham arms and crest, spine lettered in gilt.
Arrangement:

The volume comprises three stationer's notebooks bound together:

  • Sledging Journal, ff 1-99.
  • Sledging Journal Two, ff 100-115.
  • Journal Volume Four, ff 116-179.
Publications:
The journal notes form the basis for Markham's account of the expedition, published as the Great Frozen Sea. A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76, (London: 1878).
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)