NORTHERN LIGHTS: THE ARCTIC SCOTS (HB)

Scots made a remarkable contribution to Arctic exploration - one often overlooked because they were identified as English by modern writers. This book properly celebrates explorers such as John Ross, an eccentric hell-raiser from Stranraer; his nephew, James Clark Ross, discoverer of the Magnetic North Pole; Dr John Richardson of Dumfries, who became an accidental cannibal; and Orcadian John Rae, who discovered the fate of the Franklin expedition. It also pays tribute to others on whom these men depended, not least the Inuit. Edward Cowan (1944-2022) was Professor of Scottish History at Glasgow University.