John Munro Papers, 1909-1914.

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John Munro Papers, 1909-1914.

1909-1914

https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/1200

Collection includes a diary, covering the period March 16-Sept. 11, 1914, in which John Munro describes his experiences as a survivor of the wreck of the Karluk stranded on Wrangel Island. Collection also includes two letters from R.A. Bartlett, caption of the Karluk, to Munro and a list of supplies; one letter states that Munro will be in charge of the camp on Wrangel Island while Bartlett leaves the island in an attempt to get word of the shipwreck to the authorities. A copy of Munro's 1909 notebook is also included in the collection.

1 box (0.2 ft.)

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Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918)

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With the goal of finding a continent north of the Canadian Archipelago, Vilhjalmur Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition. Stefansson had already distinguished himself as an explorer and ethnologist by spending 18 months with the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta, learning their language and customs during the Anglo-American expedition of 1906-1907. Furthermore, during an expedition from 1908 to 1912, he made notoriety by discovering a group of fair-haired natives on Victoria Island that...

Munro, John.

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Munro was in command of the shipwrecked party from the Karluk, one of the boats from the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, after Capt. Bartlett left Wrangel Island for Siberia. He had been chief engineer on the Karluk. From the description of Papers, 1909-1914. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 42930047 ...

Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946

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Robert Abram Bartlett (b. August 15, 1875, Brigus, Newfoundland-d. April 28, 1946, New York City), ship captain and Arctic explorer, piloted numerous expeditions to Greenland and locations in the Arctic Circle. He piloted Admiral Peary's vessel Roosevelt during the 1906 attempt to reach the North Pole. Later he was master of schooner Effie M. Morrissey. Beginning in the mid-1920's, he collected zoological specimens for the United States National Museum (USNM) on his many expeditions to the A...

Karluk (Ship)

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