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Paul DeOrsay. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Paul DeOrsay in a repeat performance of his talk: Arctic exploration, science, and the Inuit.
The repeat performance will be Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. This event will be open to all on Zoom.
The 19th century saw a prolific bloom of interest in the Arctic among European and North American nations. Some 50 major expeditions were mounted between 1815 and 1909, most in search of a Northwest Passage. Along the way, these expeditions gathered data on geology, oceanography, flora and fauna, magnetism, gravity and astronomy. Later, as it was learned that the passage existed but was essentially impassable, exploration focused on discovering just what lay farther north: an open sea, another continent, or just more ice. Finally, the focus became reaching the North Pole, a somewhat intangible goal, but one that generated public enthusiasm and nationa