Animals, Joseph Dalton Hooker and the Ross Expedition to Antarctica, 1839–1843. (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jones, Cam Sharp
• Is Part Of: Journal for maritime research. Volume 22:Number 1/2(2020)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 40
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Joseph Dalton Hooker -- Antarctica -- HMS Erebus -- Ross Expedition -- zoology -- animals; Naval history -- Periodicals; Navigation -- History -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Navigation -- Periodicals; Web sites; Computer network resources; 387.505
• DOI: 10.1080/21533369.2020.1850029
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1469-1957

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 1839 the Ross Expedition to locate the Southern Magnetic pole was launched from Chatham. Over the next four years, this voyage of discovery would bring into sharper focus the land and seas surrounding the Antarctic region. Official reports and modern accounts of this voyage invariably situate the humans on board HMS Erebus and Terror as focal points for such narratives. The archive of Joseph Dalton Hooker, however, allows scholars to repopulate this voyage with its zoological inhabitants and replace a faunal silence with myriad animal noises.