Record

RefNoMM/15/45
LevelItem
TitleReport of a subcommittee appointed to confer with the Royal Geographical Society Arctic Committee
Date23 October 1873
DescriptionThe subcommittee recommended the Council of the Royal Society adopt the proposition that it is desirable that an expedition be fitted out by Government to explore the unknown regions of the North Pole.

Signed by the members of the subcommittee. With two printed enclosures, which set out the scientific research the Committee wishes to be undertaken.
Extent14 sides
FormatManuscript and printed documents
AccessStatusOpen
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