Collaring nature: The use of foxes to find and rescue the members of the lost Franklin expedition

IF 1.4 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ECOLOGY
Robert M. Peck
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Abstract

The mysterious disappearance of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror while searching for the Northwest Passage under the leadership of Sir John Franklin in the 1840s led to more than thirty different expeditions seeking to find the lost ships and their 129-man crews. It also fostered the first and only use of wild animals as a means of communication in such a rescue operation. Since covering the vast search areas was challenging, if not impossible during sub-freezing winter conditions, some of the would-be rescuers turned to Arctic foxes as couriers of information that they hoped might direct the lost explorers to safety. Based on excerpts from the participants’ diaries and published reports from the period, and on the physical evidence that survives, this paper describes the role Arctic foxes were asked to play in one of the greatest (unsuccessful) rescue efforts ever undertaken in the Far North.

捕捉自然:利用狐狸寻找和营救失散的富兰克林探险队成员
19 世纪 40 年代,在约翰-富兰克林爵士的领导下,英国皇家海军埃里伯斯号和恐怖号在寻找西北航道时神秘失踪,导致 30 多次不同的探险活动,试图找到失联的船只及其 129 名船员。这也促成了在此类救援行动中首次也是唯一一次使用野生动物作为通信手段。由于在严寒的冬季条件下,要覆盖广阔的搜索区域即使不是不可能,也是极具挑战性的,因此一些可能的救援人员将北极狐作为信息传递者,希望它们能够将失联的探险者引向安全地带。本文根据参与者的日记摘录和当时的公开报道,以及现存的实物证据,描述了北极狐在远北地区有史以来最伟大的一次营救行动(未获成功)中所扮演的角色。
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Polar Record
Polar Record 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
1.40
自引率
25.00%
发文量
26
审稿时长
>36 weeks
期刊介绍: Polar Record is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly periodical publishing results from a wide range of polar research areas. The journal covers original primary research papers in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and polar technology, as well as papers concerning current political, economic, legal, and environmental issues in the Arctic or Antarctic. Polar Record endeavours to provide rapid publication, normally within nine months of initial submission.
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