Title May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / edited by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, and Mary Williamson ; with the assistance of Alison Alexander, William Battersby, Matthew Betts, Rick Burrows, A.J. Campbell, Jonathan Dore, Alison Freebairn, Andrew Hill, D.J. Holzhueter, Olga Kimmins, Jonathan Moore, Alexa Price, Frank Michael Schuster, Michael Smith, and Michael Tracy ; foreword by Sir Michael Palin

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (481 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- MAY WE BE SPARED TO MEET ON EARTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Anticipation -- 2 Preparation -- 3 Sailing -- 4 London to Stromness -- 5 Stromness to Greenland -- 6 Last Partings -- 7 Letters to the Lost -- Appendices -- A Harry Goodsir's "Zoology from the Arctic Expedition," with a fragment of a letter to Edward Forbes -- B Unattributed Letters in the Press -- C Franklin's Two Official Despatches to the Admiralty -- D A Brief Account of the Role of Steam Power in the Launch of the Expedition E A Note on the Proposed Route of the Expedition -- F Capsule Biographies of the Writers of These Letters -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Index Summary "May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journey's inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships' departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crew's exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families."-- Provided by publisher Analysis 19th Century Anglo-Irish explorers Archipelago Arctic sovereignty Canadian Daguerreotype Exploration Inuit Orkney Royal Navy Tasmanian West Greenland Whaling correspondence cultural contact engineering global warming history ice conditions icebergs literacy material culture natural naturalists naval ships nineteenth photography shipboard life signals social class steam-powered terminology writing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2022) Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Correspondence SUBJECT Great Britain. Royal Navy fast John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851) -- Sources Subject Sailors -- Great Britain -- Correspondence Explorers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence HISTORY / Polar Regions Armed Forces -- Officers Discoveries in geography -- British Explorers Sailors SUBJECT Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Sources Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Sources Subject Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage Arctic Regions Great Britain Genre/Form personal correspondence. Personal correspondence Sources Personal correspondence. Correspondance privée. Form Electronic book Author Potter, Russell A., 1960- editor. Koellner, Regina, editor. Carney, Peter (Blogger), editor. Williamson, Mary (Descendent of Sir John Franklin), editor. ISBN 0228013364 9780228013372 0228013372 9780228013365

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