| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from Augustus PETERMANN, Gotha, 3 Mar 1865. Entitled 'The Expedition to the North Pole'. Re: a follow-up letter to LDGSL/838/P/11/3, advocating the Spitsbergen route to the North Pole rather than Smith Sound, following a positive response to that letter from geographers and Arctic explorers. Long and detailed argument, with references, attemping to dispel the myths surrounding the Spitsbergen route, mostly focusing on the presence and behaviour of ice using evidence from Antarctic exploration. Includes maps of various Antarctic expeditions, compared with the Arctic. |