Animals, Joseph Dalton Hooker and the Ross Expedition to Antarctica, 1839–1843
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Sharp Jones, Cam
Date published
January 17, 2021
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.
Journal title
Journal for Maritime Research
Volume
22
Issue
1-Feb
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
2153-3369
eISSN
1469-1957
Official URL
Rights statement
In Copyright