ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS THE SECOND GRIMNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 1853, 54, 55

Chicag: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1996. lix,[1],447,[3]pp. 12mo. Original dark brown cloth, spine gilt, gilt-stamped printer's logo on front board, t.e.g. Fine. Lakeside Press reprint of Elisha Kane's ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. Includes historical introduction by editors Chauncey Loomis and Constance Martin. Contains numerous illustrations, some in color.

Kane, a U.S. naval surgeon, was a member of the unsuccessful first rescue expedition which searched for Franklin in 1850-1851, financed by the American merchant- businessman, Henry Grinnell. "Kane was the commander of the ADVANCE on this [second] expedition, also financed by Henry Grinnell. Although Franklin was not found, the explorers were able to gather much information about the people, geography, and natural science of the region. Kane, passing up Smith Sound at the head of Baffin Bay, advanced into the enclosed sea which now bears the name of Kane Basin, thus establishing the Polar route of many future Arctic expeditions. Here the expedition passed two winters, and attained what was to remain for sixteen years the highest northern latitude reached by explorers, 80o 35' N" - Hill. HILL 904 (ref).