Hudson's Bay Company ship's logbooks: A source of far North Atlantic weather data

Polar Record

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Ward, Catharine ^a   Wheeler, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ICE CAP; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WEATHER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84858209225     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247411000106     Document Type: Article

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