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So where is the Boothia Peninsula anyway? This map doesn't really say..
This article states Amundsen used the Bellot Strait in his E-W North West Passage transit in the yacht Gjøa, when in fact Amundsen did not enter the Gulf of Boothia, but stayed N of Somerset Island and went S down Peel Sound passing the western opening of the Bellot Strait.
Sources:
The Last Place on Earth Roland Huntford pp.87-88
Transits of the Northwest Passage to End of the 2015 Navigation Season R.K.Headland, Scott Polar Research Institute
Wikipedia article Roald Amundsen - North West Passage
The incorrect information appears to originate in an edit from 01:37hrs, 13 March 2012 by User Geo Swan made in good faith.
Although I am a long-standing Wikipedia contributor, I am unsure how to contact Geo Swan to suggest a revision, so instead I have marked this error with a citation needed tag and a desciptive reason.
MrEckLeckTick ( talk) 10:49, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
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So where is the Boothia Peninsula anyway? This map doesn't really say..
This article states Amundsen used the Bellot Strait in his E-W North West Passage transit in the yacht Gjøa, when in fact Amundsen did not enter the Gulf of Boothia, but stayed N of Somerset Island and went S down Peel Sound passing the western opening of the Bellot Strait.
Sources:
The Last Place on Earth Roland Huntford pp.87-88
Transits of the Northwest Passage to End of the 2015 Navigation Season R.K.Headland, Scott Polar Research Institute
Wikipedia article Roald Amundsen - North West Passage
The incorrect information appears to originate in an edit from 01:37hrs, 13 March 2012 by User Geo Swan made in good faith.
Although I am a long-standing Wikipedia contributor, I am unsure how to contact Geo Swan to suggest a revision, so instead I have marked this error with a citation needed tag and a desciptive reason.
MrEckLeckTick ( talk) 10:49, 29 April 2017 (UTC)