{"product_id":"shipwreck-at-cape-flora-p-j-capelotti-9781552387054","title":"Shipwreck at Cape Flora: The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's Forgotten Arctic Explorer Volume 16","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGripping tales of survival, exploration, and discovery are told with humour and panache in the ripped-from-the-archives story of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's forgotten Arctic explorer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin Leigh Smith discovered and named dozens of islands in the Arctic but published no account of his pioneering explorations. He refused public accolades and sent stand-ins to deliver the results of his work to scientific societies. Yet, the Royal Geographic Society's Sir Clements R. Markham referred to him as a polar explorer of the first rank.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraveling to the Arctic islands that Leigh Smith explored and crisscrossing England to uncover unpublished journals, diaries, and photographs, archaeologist and writer P. J. Capelotti details Leigh Smith's five major Arctic expeditions and places them within the context of the great polar explorations in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e P. J. Capelotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552387054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552387054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"P. J. Capelotti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616852832511,"sku":"9781552387054","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bda60e86-ae09-47e8-b2d7-c168e541b6d5.jpg?v=1703022685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shipwreck-at-cape-flora-p-j-capelotti-9781552387054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}