Expedition of Henry Kellet.

The first material history of how Shakespeare has been 'recruited' in wartime.

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise were to pass through the Bering Strait from the west but a Pacific storm separated them, never to meet again. Obsessed with traversing the passage, McClure pressed on and HMS Investigator spent three years trapped in pack ice in Mercy Bay before the crew abandoned ship on foot. This book chronicles the voyage in detail. McClure and his relationships with his officers are at the heart of the story of the arduous journey, vividly illustrated by the paintings of Lt. Samuel Cresswell.

In 1852, the British government launched an expedition to find Sir John Franklin and his crew, who had disappeared while searching for the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. 'The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute' is a firsthand account of this mission by one of its participants, surgeon George F. McDougall. The book describes the hardships and adventures of the voyage, as well as the ultimately unsuccessful search for Franklin and his men. It is a thrilling and informative account of one of the great Arctic expeditions of the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.