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Author: Peter R. Dawes Publisher: ISBN: 9788763546867 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Euro-American explorers reached northernmost Greenland in the mid-19th century. Remoteness, desolate tundra, and persistent sea ice have ensured that many historic sites from early (non-Inuit) exploration remained undisturbed by man. Moreover, as the result of the dry polar climate, the physical remains from these expeditions - even cloth, leather, and paper - are generally well preserved. The hundred and two objects registered and described in this book were discovered at thirty-two sites stretching from Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean. They derive from nineteen American, British and Danish expeditions of geographical discovery that reached Greenland between 1853 and 1934. Ranging from commonplace to borderline unique, the artefacts give an insight to conditions, life and mere survival on these expeditions, an insight that adds authenticity to the written annals and to a history that is truly dramatic with at least fifty men losing their lives. Beautifully illustrated with no less than 600 images comprising maps, portraits, scenes from the historic sites and superb artefact photography, this book will appeal not just to students of historical archaeology, but to all interested in the exploration of the polar regions."--
Author: W. S. B. Paterson Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 1483287254 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 491
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This updated and expanded version of the second edition explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. The text has been revised in order to keep pace with the extensive developments which have occurred since 1981. A new chapter, of major interest, concentrates on the deformation of subglacial till. The book concludes with a chapter on information regarding past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores.
Author: Richard A. Hamilton Publisher: Harmondsworth, Eng., Penguin ISBN: Category : British North Greenland Expedition Languages : en Pages : 334
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Collection of papers written by various scientists who took part in an expedition to Greenland in 1952-54, specifically to study Dronning Louise Land. Attempt to tell 'man in the street' the story of the British North Greenland Expedition from the scientists' point of view.