Savours A
J R Nav Med Serv. 1990 Spring;76(1):33-8.
From the 16th to the mid 19th century, many voyages were made from England to discover a North West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The Investigator was one of some 40 vessels that searched for the lost North West Passage expedition of 1845-48 under the command of Sir John Franklin in HM Ships Erebus and Terror, which became beset among what are now known as the Canadian Arctic Islands. The "Investigators" found no trace of Franklin, but were the first to traverse the North West Passage, although their ship had to be abandoned in Mercy Bay on Banks Island after two winters there. The diary of Assistant Surgeon Henry Piers, from the manuscript collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, is here examined. Reference is also made to the narrative and report published by the senior surgeon of the Investigator, Dr Alexander Armstrong.
从16世纪到19世纪中叶，许多船只从英国出发，试图探寻一条连接大西洋和太平洋的西北航道。“调查者号”是大约40艘参与搜寻1845年至1848年约翰·富兰克林爵士率领的“幽冥号”和“恐怖号”西北航道探险队的船只之一，该探险队在现今被称为加拿大北极群岛的区域被困。“调查者号”没有找到富兰克林探险队的任何踪迹，但却是第一支穿越西北航道的船只，尽管在那里度过两个冬天后，他们的船不得不遗弃在班克斯岛的梅西湾。本文研究了来自格林威治国家海事博物馆手稿收藏中的助理外科医生亨利·皮尔斯的日记。同时也参考了“调查者号”高级外科医生亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗博士发表的叙述和报告。
