{"product_id":"9781108030892","title":"Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Beete Jukes (1811–1869) was a geologist who studied at Cambridge under the famous Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) and eventually became a prominent member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In 1839, after many field expeditions in England, he was appointed to a survey of Newfoundland, a place about which he had until then been in 'utter ignorance'. The explorers failed to find the hoped-for mineral wealth they had been sent to prospect for, and returned to Britain. In 1841 Jukes joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming expedition to chart the coasts of Australia and New Guinea. The Fly set sail for the Pacific in 1842, the year in which this two-volume account of Jukes' Newfoundland experiences was published. Volume 1 describes Jukes' arrival in Newfoundland, its rugged landscapes, and life in the fishing communities of this harsh North Atlantic outpost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48726755836139,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":89.72,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781108030892","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}