Arctic Blue Books - British Parliamentary Papers Abstract, 1852h

1852h. GREAT BRITAIN. (45234)

Arctic expedition. Return to an order of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 May 1852, for: A return of the sailing orders given to Sir Edward Belcher relating to the arctic expedition.

Admiralty, 6 May 1852. J. H. Hay, Chief Clerk. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 7 May 1852. 4 p. (Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional papers, Accounts and papers, 1852, v. 50, no. 317) See also No. 45238.

Contains Admiralty orders (1852) for Belcher to proceed with the Assistance, Resolute, Pioneer, Intrepid, and North Star to Lancaster Sound, establishing the North Star as depot ship at Beechey Island, and there dividing the expedition into eastern and western divisions to proceed, respectively, up Wellington Channel and west to Melville Island.

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