PHIPPS (Constantine John).
A Voyage towards the North Pole.
THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE
Departing in 1733, Phipp’s led the Racehorse and Carcass in search of a route to India via the Arctic. It was the first expedition to specifically set out for the North Pole since 1615 and they reached as far as 80°48’ before being blocked by the ice north of Spitzbergen.
The work includes valuable scientific results obtained on the expedition and a description of the successful efforts to distill sea water into drinking water. Horatio Nelson served as a midshipman aboard. Hill, 1351; Sabin, 62572.
