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Article: Resurrecting DR. Moss: The Life And Letters Of A Royal Navy Surgeon, Edward Lawton Moss.(Book review)
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- March 1, 2009
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RESURRECTING DR. MOSS: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF A ROYAL NAVY SURGEON, EDWARD LAWTON MOSS MD, RN, 1843-1880. By PAUL c. APPLETON. Edited by WILLIAM BARR. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 2008. Co-published with the Arctic Institute of North America. ISBN 978-1-55238-232-5. xvi + 252 p., map, b&w illus., colour plates, notes, bib., index. Softbound. Cdn$42.95.
In mid-August of 1875, Dr. Edward Lawton Moss, accompanying Captain George Nares and other members of the British Arctic Expedition, climbed to the top of the southern plateau of Washington Irving Island off the entrance to Dobbin Bay on the east coast of Ellesmere Island. Much to their surprise, ...