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  William Scoresby
William Scoresby was born on 3rd May 1760, in the village of Cropton, twenty miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming estate called Nutholm.
Scoresby and another prisoner managed to escape, making their way to the coast and stowing away on an English ship, which had been exchanging prisoners of war.
Scoresby senior took up one share, and was paid wages on a par with those he had been earning on the "Dundee".
www.whitby-uk.com /~whitby-uk.com/public_html/scoresby   (965 words)

  
 Capt Scoresby of WHITBY,UK History of Whalers and whaling from the fishing port of Whitby
William Scoresby (senior), was born on 3rd May 1760, in the village of Cropton, twenty miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming estate called Nutholm.
Scoresby (junior) then made a similar model, cast it in brass and with the aid of a mechanic, attached valves made by Carey.
Scoresby (junior) maintained his keen interest in the sciences and in 1838 was asked by the Admiralty to assist in the construction of compass needles, combining different laminae of tempered steel.
www.queensland.co.uk /scoresby.html   (1979 words)

  
 William Scoresby -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William Scoresby (5 october 1789 - 21 March 1857), English Arctic explorer, scientist and divine, was born near (Click link for more info and facts about Whitby) Whitby in (A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties) Yorkshire.
In his voyage of 1807 Scoresby began the study of the (The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)) meteorology and natural history of the polar regions.
In 1811 Scoresby's father resigned to him the command of the Resolution, and in the same year he married the daughter of a Whitby shipbroker.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_scoresby.htm   (682 words)

  
 Scoresby, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1857 Scoresby and the surrounding country was surveyed and named the Parish of Scoresby.
It is thought that the name was given in honour of William Scoresby, Arctic explorer and an authority on terrestrial magnatism.
Scoresby's census populations have been 221 (1911) and 333 (1947).
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/scoresby.html   (469 words)

  
 Scoresby, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scoresby is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria.
The Knox Depot is also based in Scoresby (Cathies Lane).
Another important "Caribbean" place in Scoresby is Caribbean Roller Skating Rink, which was one of the first and biggest skating rinks anywhere in Victoria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scoresby   (200 words)

  
 WILLIAM SCORESBY - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM SCORESBY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His father, William Scoresby (1760 1829), made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery.
The son made his first voyage with his father when he was eleven years of age, but on his return he was sent back to school, where he remained till 1803.
In 1811 his father resigned to him the command of the Resolution, and in the same year he married the daughter of a Whitby shipbroker.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SC/SCORESBY_WILLIAM.htm   (686 words)

  
 Stateline Victoria
Liberal strategists have calculated that along the Scoresby corridor seats the swing was higher - 4.5%.
The swing in Latrobe was less than the statewide average and all in all the average swing in what you would call the Scoresby corridor is on the State average.
DR NICK ECONOMOU, MONASH POLITICS: Scoresby is an issue and obviously Mr Bracks and his colleagues and especially his backbench colleagues holding marginal Labor seats down that corridor need to be concerned.
www.abc.net.au /stateline/vic/content/2003/s1221095.htm   (1053 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Web hot in LDS singles scene
Scoresby's site, www.LDSPromise.com, is the first survey-based, matching site in a sea of rapidly growing LDS singles Web sites.
Scoresby cited one industry source that said about 18 million to 40 million people click on to a singles Web site on a regular basis.
Scoresby pointed out that a woman could be sexually assaulted by a man she meets anywhere, not only online.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595099077,00.html   (979 words)

  
 Captain William Scoresby - ExploreNorth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Beyond their home port of Whitby, the lives of the Scoresbys, both father and son, rate very little mention.
The father, Capt. William Scoresby, was born near Cropton in 1760 and died in 1829.
His son the Rev. William Scoresby was also born near Cropton in 1789 and lived until 1857.
www.explorenorth.com /whalers/bios/scoresby.html   (222 words)

  
 KENMAN : About KENMAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As a result of growth the business relocated to Scoresby and later in 1986 the company became known as Kenman Kandy.
Kenman Kandy, Scoresby is located in Melbourne, 31 km south-east from the CBD and 55 km from the Melbourne airport.
Scoresby offers our associates a diverse lifestyle second to none, where the principles of family and passion are evident.
www.kenman.com.au   (210 words)

  
 Hakluyt Society: The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger 1789-1857
The Scoresby achievement remained the second furthest north until, I think, someone born in the parish where I live in Scotland, Admiral Nares, took the Alert and Discovery to 82˚ and then sent land parties beyond 83˚ in 1875.
I think Murchison must have met Scoresby at various meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from the 1830s and they were both present at the dispatch of Lt. Inglefield and the Isabel to the Arctic in 1852.
Five years or so later, Murchison produced a long and handsome obituary tribute to Scoresby in an address to the Royal Geographical Society despite the fact that Scoresby was not actually a member of the RGS (nor, incidentally, of the Hakluyt Society as far as I can discover).
www.hakluyt.com /hak-soc-whaling.htm   (1190 words)

  
 Canada's Polar Life - Expeditions and Quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
While in the north, he gathered information on polar ice, on the shifts in temperature of polar seas with depth and on the biology of marine life.
Scoresby published many scholarly papers and books and a good biography of his life was published in 1975.
Scoresby W. An account of the arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery.
www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpl/links_researchers/research/researchers/Leaders_1750-1900/scoresby.htm   (116 words)

  
 PTUA: Media Release - Anger Greets Scoresby Toll-Road Announcement
The total cost of the Scoresby Freeway is estimated at 1 billion dollars.
Toll freeways are rightly unpopular with the Victorian public and the Bracks government promised at the 1999 election that it would not use tolls to fund new roads.
The 1998 EES study into the Scoresby Freeway found that projects like these could have greater economic and environmental benefits than a freeway would.
www.ptua.org.au /media/2001/press43.shtml   (484 words)

  
 Scoresby Fire Brigade
We will endevor to bring to you the latest hapenings of the Scoresby Fire Brigade and also bring together the world wide fire fighting community.
This is an aerial shot of Scoresby, a suburb in the outer eastern part of Melbourne, Australia.
At Scoresby we pride ourselves on our service to the community and the profesional manner in which we deal with many situations that we face.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Park/5879   (144 words)

  
 The Commonwealth Treasurer – Transcript - Scoresby Freeway, Latham's broken promise, Medicare Safety Net, ...
He could honour the Labor promise to build the Scoresby Freeway, he could honour the agreement between the Commonwealth and the State to build the freeway with no tolls.
There is a written agreement for the Scoresby Transport Corridor between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of Victoria.
It is an agreement to jointly fund the construction of the Scoresby Freeway, clause 3(d) of that agreement reads as follows: 'Victoria undertakes to ensure that users of the Scoresby Freeway will not be required to pay a direct toll.' The Liberal Government will honour this agreement.
www.treasurer.gov.au /tsr/content/transcripts/2004/104.asp   (1931 words)

  
 The SCORESBY Page
The Scoresby connection with the Shepherd family had a great significance on the history of the family.
If John Shepherd had not married Susanna Scoresby there probably would have been no sea-going Joseph Shepherd and the Shepherd family may not have migrated to South Australia, at least not in the way that it did.
William Scoresby was a farmer and lived on a property called Nutholm, several miles out of Cropton village.
www.users.on.net /~rdblair/scoresby.htm   (1720 words)

  
 SCORESBY FREEWAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Labor in Victoria has engaged in political posturing over the Scoresby Freeway, involving meaningless pledges and “cardboard promises” that have only served to confuse the public and create uncertainty.
It should not be forgotten that Labor went into the last State election opposing the Scoresby Freeway.
The Scoresby Freeway between Ringwood and Frankston will deliver major national economic benefits and will be a catalyst for industrial and commercial development.
www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/2001/media_release1332.htm   (211 words)

  
 Scoresby Freeway Southern Section Approved Media Release 9 May 2003
The 19 kilometres of freeway from Monash Freeway at Dandenong North to the Frankston Freeway at Seaford in Victoria, proposed by the Victorian Government, required assessment and approval due to the possible impact on surrounding wetlands and 25 species of migratory birds.
"The Federal Court recently found referral documentation for the Scoresby Freeway was misleading in one respect because the Victorian Government failed to state there was a strong chance that a freeway link would be built in the future as a consequence of the construction of the Scoresby Freeway.
The southern section of the Scoresby Freeway is within 300 metres of the Edithvale-Seaford Wetland of international importance, which is a declared Ramsar wetland under the EPBC Act.
www.ea.gov.au /minister/env/2003/mr09may03.html   (486 words)

  
 Reverend William Scoresby DD, from The Bradford Antiquary,3rdSeries, Volume3,1987
Scoresby came to Bradford with the best of intentions at the worst of times: years of distress and discontent had led to great unrest in the town and 'a propensity for riot'.
It is true that many of William Scoresby's troubles were of his own making, but this should not blind us to his long list of achievements.
This is an excellent introduction to any study of William Scoresby and I hope that it may be possible, again with the help of others, to produce either a special 'Scoresby Number' of the Bradford Antiquary, or a commemorative booklet, in which the examination of some of these sources would playa part.
www.bradfordhistorical.org.uk /antiquary/third/vol03/scoresby.html   (640 words)

  
 16 November 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The National Party say the Scoresby should be put on hold in favour of infrastructure projects for the bush.
But the only way that that could happen is for the people of the east and outer east is to understand for the Scoresby to commence we must have a Liberal Government after November 30.
Today’s story is the commitment with the Liberal Government federally and the Liberal Opposition at a State level in Victoria to the construction of the Scoresby Freeway.
www.pm.gov.au /News/interviews/2002/interview1987.htm   (1770 words)

  
 Dowdeswell, J.A., Whittington, R.J. and Marienfeld, P., 1994. The origin of massive diamicton facies by iceberg rafting ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Almost 90% of 39 m of core material recovered from Scoresby Sund and the adjacent East Greenland shelf is massive diamicton, interpreted to be formed predominantly by the release of iceberg-rafted debris and reworking by iceberg scouring.
A further 4% of core material is of gravel or coarse sand lenses, interpreted to reflect iceberg dumping of debris.
Intensive iceberg scouring, which reworks sea-floor sediments, is observed on acoustic records from over 30,000 km2 of the Scoresby Sund fjord system and the adjacent East Greenland shelf (69-72°N and 75°N).
www.ggy.bris.ac.uk /research/glaciology/abstracts/judabs3.html   (280 words)

  
 Welcome to Scoresby Secondary College
Scoresby Secondary College is a growing co-educational school located in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs.
A school that excels in good teaching, the best of facilities and a learning environment which allows students to become resilient, assertive, discerning about the pressures of a challenging peer culture and competent learners in an increasingly technological world.
Publications on the Scoresby SC Web Site are governed by Scoresby SC Policies consistent with Department of Education and Training, (DEandT-State of Victoria) policies and guidelines for publishing in a public domain.
www.scoresbysc.vic.edu.au   (334 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Is U.S. swept up in moral vacuum?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
David Skeel, who teaches business law at the University of Pennsylvania, and William Stuntz, who teaches criminal law at Harvard, wrote that despite more than 300 fraud and misrepresentation statutes that now exist, corporate honesty is now under intense scrutiny just as it was when far fewer criminal penalties had been legislated.
Consequently, Scoresby doesn't see corporate corruption as a legal issue but a societal problem that occurs because "we're producing people who are amoral." While the focus this week has been on big business, "you find it in religion and education.
The Legacy Ethics Institute was founded in the past few years, Scoresby said, out of concern for the lack of ethical training available in the public or the private sector.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,405017261,00.html   (857 words)

  
 William Scoresby
At the beginning of the 19th century, when the British decided to "conquer" the Arctic, they had available to them one of the most knowledgeable Europeans on the subject at that time.
William Scoresby (1789-1857) had published a book in 1820 - "An Account of the Arctic Regions" - the result of over 60,000 miles / 97,000 kilometers of experience travelling on and through ice.
They ignored him when he suggested using dogs and light sledges, only to have their missions fail because men were burdened and dragged down by cumbersome "boat sleds".
www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-scoresby.htm   (336 words)

  
 This week's Scoresby: nil all - Opinion - www.theage.com.au
The deal was done on the clear understanding that all of the money due to Victorian motorists, including the $520 million earmarked for the Scoresby "freeway" would be released for other urgent projects.
Victorian motorists contribute 26 per cent of the $12 billion in fuel taxes collected annually by the Howard Government, and are entitled to a refund of just 23 per cent under the lopsided Auslink road scheme.
Peter Batchelor has told Canberra it can decide in which parts of Victoria the $520 million should be spent, just as long as some Victorians benefit, but at this stage the Federal Government appears intent on punishing all Victorian road users for the Bracks breach of promise.
www.theage.com.au /news/Opinion/This-weeks-Scoresby-nil-all/2005/02/12/1108061922780.html   (693 words)

  
 Congressman Maurice Hinchey (NY22) :: Press Release :: Scoresby Fire Company Awarded $30,726 Fema Grant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The grant announced today will help the Scoresby Company to better meet the challenges they face and to maximize their safety."
Fire companies had the opportunity to apply for assistance in any of four categories: fire operations and firefighter safety, fire prevention, emergency medical services, and firefighting vehicles.
Scoresby applied under the fire operations and firefighter safety category.
www.house.gov /apps/list/press/ny22_hinchey/scoresby_fema_grant_121003.html   (262 words)

  
 Scoresby, William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Scoresby, skorz'by, WILLIAM (1789-1857), an Arctic explorer, born in Yorkshire.
His first voyages were made with his father, a whaler, and in 1806, as chief officer of his father's ship Resolution, he penetrated to 81 deg.
Another important voyage was undertaken in 1822, and during this he charted accurately the coast of East Greenland.
www.factopia.com /practical-reference-vol5/scoresby-william.htm   (83 words)

  
 Bed and Breakfast Wellington New Zealand NZ, Accommodation Wellington New Zealand NZ : Scoresby Manor
Scoresby Manor offers boutique bed and breakfast (b and b) accommodation in Wellington New Zealand (NZ).
Relax in the peaceful and tranquil surroundings and enjoy a glass of wine as you unwind.
Scoresby Manor is just off State Highway 1.
www.scoresbymanor.co.nz   (233 words)

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