An Account of the Arctic Regions - Volume 1 Scoresby William
An Account of the Arctic Regions - Volume 1 Scoresby William Written by explorer, scientist and later clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1857), this two-volume guide to the Arctic regions was first…
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An Account of the Arctic Regions - Volume 1 Scoresby William
Written by explorer, scientist and later clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1857), this two-volume guide to the Arctic regions was first published in 1820. He became a correspondent of Sir Joseph Banks, and his extensive research on the Arctic area included pioneering work in oceanography, magnetism, and the study of Arctic currents and waves. Scoresby, himself the son of a whaler and Arctic explorer, first sailed to the polar regions at the age of eleven, and was later apprenticed to his father.
This account was the first book published in Britain which was devoted solely to the whale fisheries. He surveyed 400 miles of the Greenland coast in 1822. Volume 1 is a general geographical survey of the Arctic region and includes detailed observations of polar ice conditions, atmospherology, and zoology.
The book also considers the much-debated question of northern sea communication between the