Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Youthful Arctic Adventure Journal to be Published Seven years before he started to write about a detective named Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle embarked on a trip at sea that would change his life and influence his future works. The journal he kept, which describes in colorful detail his days aboard a whaler called the Hope, will soon be published by the British Library. He served on the ship as its doctor in 1880, having run away for almost a year while studying medicine in Edinburgh. In the journal, which showcases his tidy handwriting and detailed drawings of wildlife and scenes on the ship, Doyle writes poignantly about the unpleasant experiences of killing and skinning seals and falling into the freezing Arctic Ocean several times while jumping across ice floes. The diary is part of the Conan Doyle Estate and has not been seen by the public in over a century. Called Dangerous Work, it will be published on Sept. 26. » via Time High-res

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Youthful Arctic Adventure Journal to be Published

Seven years before he started to write about a detective named Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle embarked on a trip at sea that would change his life and influence his future works. The journal he kept, which describes in colorful detail his days aboard a whaler called the Hope, will soon be published by the British Library. He served on the ship as its doctor in 1880, having run away for almost a year while studying medicine in Edinburgh.

In the journal, which showcases his tidy handwriting and detailed drawings of wildlife and scenes on the ship, Doyle writes poignantly about the unpleasant experiences of killing and skinning seals and falling into the freezing Arctic Ocean several times while jumping across ice floes. The diary is part of the Conan Doyle Estate and has not been seen by the public in over a century. Called Dangerous Work, it will be published on Sept. 26.

» via Time

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