Letters from High Latitudes

Lord Dufferin

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In 1865, Lord Dufferin, a young Anglo-Irish peer, commissioned the schooner "Foam" and sailed to the Arctic. The lively style and humour of his account of the voyage won instant success and the book became an Victorian bestseller.

In 1865, Lord Dufferin, a young Anglo-Irish peer, commissioned the schooner "Foam" and sailed to the Arctic. The lively style and humour of his account of the voyage won instant success and the book became an Victorian bestseller.

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