Description:
A biography of Frederick Foster Kislingbury, United States military soldier and Arctic explorer.
Brief description: Douglas W. Wamsley, an attorney by profession, is an independent researcher and scholar who has written extensively on the history of nineteenth-century Arctic exploration and its participants. He is the author of numerous publications that examine individual contributions to our knowledge and perceptions of the far northern regions, including Big Wolf, the Adventurous Life of Lieutenant Frederick G. Schwatka, published by American History Press, and Polar Hayes, The Life and Contributions of Isaac Israel Hayes, M.D. published by the American Philosophical Society.