The British Arctic Expedition attempted to reach the North Pole by Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, with exploration of adjacent coasts. H.M.S. Alert (under Captain George S. Nares) wintered at Floeberg Beach, near Cape Sheridan on northeast Ellesmere Island, with sledge parties traveling westward along the north coast, eastward to Greenland, and north towards the North Pole. The H.M.S. Discovery (under Captain H.F. Stevenson) wintered at Discovery Harbour in Lady Franklin Bay, with sledge journeys conducted eastward to Greenland and along its north coast to Sherard Osborn Fiord, southwestward on Ellesmere to the head of Archer Fiord, and westward into The Bellows. After the wintering and suffering the ravages of scurvy the expedition returned to England. Includes an account of the 1876 voyage of the Pandora. 1st VOLUME, bound in this sequence: ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-6. Journals and Proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6, under the Command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B. /In continuation of Parliamentary Papers, C 1153 of 1875, and C 1560 of 1876./ Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, 1877. London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison & Sons, 1877. vii + 484pp. 16 maps (many folding, some with colour) 16 plates (many folding) numerous text illustrations. [AB 45255] ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Papers and Correspondence Relating to the Equipment and Fitting out of the Arctic Expedition of 1875, including Report of the Admiralty Arctic Committee. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1875. 40pp. [AB 45251] ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty's Navy, for the Year 1874-75. An Estimate of the Sum Required to Defray the Charges on Account of the Arctic Expedition which Shall Come in Course of Payment in the Year Ending the 31st March 1875. (Presented to Parliament by Her Majesty's Command). Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 15 February 1875. 4pp. [AB 45253] ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Further Papers and Correspondence in Continuation of Parliamentary Paper /C.-1153./ of 1875. Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Admiralty, July 1876. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1876. 25pp. [AB 45254] CHART TO ACCOMPANY PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE EQUIPMENT AND FITTING OUT OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1875. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1875. 2pp. 1 folding map. [AB 45252] 2nd VOLUME, as bound ARCTIC EXPEDITION (SCURVY). Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 7 June 1877; For, Copy "of the Letter addressed by the Admiralty to Captain Sir Georges S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., on the subject of the outbreak of Scurvy in the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6." Admiralty, 7 June 1877. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 7 June 1877. 2pp. [omitted from AB] ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Results derived from the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76. I. - Physical Observations by Captain Sir George Nares, R.N., and Captain Feilden, &c. II. - Medical Report on the Eskimo Dog Disease, by Fleet Surgeon B. Ninnis, M.D. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1878. 156pp. 8 colour lithographed illustrations, 7 graphs. [AB 45257] 3rd VOLUME, as bound. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY TO ENQUIRE INTO THE CAUSES OF THE OUTBREAK OF SCURVY IN THE RECENT ARCTIC EXPEDITION; The Adequacy of the Provision Made by the Admiralty in the Way of Food, Medicine, and Medical Comforts; Etc. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, 1877. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1877. lv + 505pp. 1 full-page color illus 8 b/w illus. [AB 45256]. Seller Inventory # 009376

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