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21 - Politics and International Studies
King's College London
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Book title
The gates of hell : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Yale University Press
ISBN of book
0300154852
Year of publication
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
E - Department of War Studies
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
Research for this book took over four years and combined extensive field work in the Canadian Arctic, the Arctic Ocean and Tasmania with archival work in the UK, Canada and Australia, linking histories of science, exploration, arctic travel, naval operations, colonial government and memorialisation. It addresses two major themes, each requiring extensive research: the career of Captain Sir John Franklin FRS, and the development of terrestrial magnetic science in theoretical and applied forms, placed in the context of nineteenth century British Imperial policy.
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No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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