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Henry Wemyss Feilden, naturalist on HMS Alert 1875–1876

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Trevor H. Levere
Trevor H. Levere
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Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1K7
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Abstract

Capt Henry Wemyss Feilden RA, an amateur naturalist with particular interests in ornithology, was appointed by the Royal Society of London to serve as one of two naturalists with the British Arctic Expedition of 1875–76, which wintered off northern Ellesmere Island under the command of Capt G. S. Nares RN. Feilden took part in several sledging journeys, and made important collections and observations, especially on the geology and biology of the region.

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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 151 , October 1988 , pp. 307 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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