Recherche Fjord is located on the west coast of Spitsbergen.
HistoryEdit
The French corvette La Recherche, which the fjord was renamed after in 1838–39.
The fjord is named after the French cruiserLa Recherche, which visited Spitsbergen in 1838 and 1839. The Dutch had named it in the early 17th century Schoonhaven (English: Beautiful Bay). The English commonly called it Ice Bay. The whaling industries of the Netherlands and of the United Kingdom established shore stations within the fjord in the first half of the seventeenth century, most notably Lægerneset on the eastern side of the fjord.
ReferencesEdit
^Ehrlich, Gretel. 2004. The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold. New York: Vintage, p. 165.
^Hacquebord, Louwrens. 2012. The History of Exploration and Exploitation of the Atlantic Arctic and its Geopolitical Consequences. In Louwrens Hacquebord (ed.), Lashipa: History of Large Scale Resource Exploitation in Polar Areas (= Circumpolar Studies 8), pp. 127–146. Groningen: Barkhuis Publishing, p. 132.
^Guijarro Garcia, Elena, et al. 2007. Bottom Trawling and Scallop Dredging in the Arctic: Impacts of Fishing on Non-Target Species, Vulnerable Habitats, and Cultural Heritage. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, p. 302.
Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press.
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