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Image of boats exploring the Arctic

Arctic Fever: Image and Narrative in North Circumpolar Voyaging of the Long Nineteenth Century

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About this exhibition

At a glance

Exhibit dates

January 26, 2026 - April 24, 2026

Format

Physical

People and collections

Featured collections

Canadiana at Rare Books and Special Collections

Associated libraries

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Plate from the book Ten Coloured Views Taken during the Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty’s Ships ‘Enterprise’ and ‘Investigator’ under the Command of Sir James Clark Ross.

Plate from the book Journey of a Voyage to Greenland

Manuscript page from The drawings made by Captain Owen Stanley when on the Arctic expedition commanded by Sir George Back in H.M.S. Terror 1836 and 1837

Page from A yacht voyage : letters from high latitudes

Plate from Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-76 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'

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