The collection comprises of papers by Fisher regarding Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa and correspondence by Fisher on the flora in North Russia
Harry Fisher collection
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- ReferenceGB 15 Harry Fisher
- Dates of Creation1894-1895
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical DescriptionPapers (25 leaves) correspondence (2 leaves)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Harry Fisher served as botanist and geologist on the British Exploring Expedition (Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition), 1894-1897 (leader Frederick Jackson), sponsored primarily by the newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth to complete the exploration of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa. Sledging journeys were undertaken, and on 17 June 1896 at Mys Flora, Jackson met Fridtjof Nansen, leader of the Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 1893-1896. The expedition confirmed that Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa was an archipelago and not a larger landmass as some had supposed.
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The collection is split into two sub-fonds comprising of papers and correspondence respectively
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Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to Arctic, exploration and development c500 BC to 1915, an encyclopaedia by Clive Holland, Garland Publishing, London (1994) and Exploring Polar Frontiers, a historical encyclopaedia by William Mills, San Diego and Oxford, 2003 and Darwin correspondence
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