The Vegetation of the Arctic Coast Between Point Barrow, 
Alaska, and Bathurst Inlet, N.W.T. 
By Frits JoHANSEN 
EXPLORERS 
The explorers and expeditions who have investigated or visited the arctic 
coast between point Barrow, Alaska, and Bathurst inlet, N.W.T., and who 
have made collections of plants, are as follows:— 
1. John Franklin, etc., 1821. (Coppermine river to Kent peninsula and 
Bathurst inlet). 
2. John Franklin and Geo. Back, The Second Franklin Boat Expedition, 
1826, acces river west to Return reef, about Long. 149° W., and 
return). 
3. John Richardson and E. N. Kendall, 1826. (Mackenzie delta to Copper- 
mine river and Great Bear lake). 
4. Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson, Boat Expedition 1837. .(Mac- 
kenzie river west to point Barrow and return). 
5. Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson, 1838-39. (Coppermine river 
to about Long. 94° W.) 
6. John Richardson and J. Rae, 1848 (Mackenzie river to Coppermine river 
and Great Bear lake). 
7. W. J.S. Pullen and W. H. Hooper, Boat Expedition, 1849. (Point Barrow 
to Mackenzie delta). 
8. W. J. S. Pullen, 1850 (Mackenzie river to cape Bathurst and return). 
9. John Rae, 1850-51. (Coppermine river, Coronation gulf and south side 
of Victoria island). 
10. Robt. T. L. McClure, in Investigator, 1850-52 (Banks and Victoria islands). 
11. Richard Collinson, in the Enterprise, 1850-54, (Banks and Victoria islands, 
Dolphin and Union strait and Coronation gulf, wintered in Camden 
bay, 1853-54). ; ; 
Most of the collections made by the above expeditions are in the British 
Museum, London. 
12. John Ray, John Murdoch, etc., U.S. International Polar Expedition. (Point 
Barrow, 1881-83). 
Collections in U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 
13. Rev. (later Bishop) J. O. Stringer, 1893-1900 (Herschel island to Warren 
point). : ; . ; 
Collections in the National Herbarium, Victoria Memorial Museum, 
Ottawa, Ont., and the Museum of the University of Toronto, Ont. 
14, Peters and Schrader, 1901. (Colville river and westward to point Barrow). 
Collections in the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 
1 See also Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, Vol. 40, 1841, pp. 9-12. 
