Author: Arctic Institute of North AmericaPublisher:
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
Arctic Bibliography
Author: Arctic Institute of North AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
The Land of the White Bear: Being a Short Account of the "Pandora's" Voyage During the Summer of 1875
Author: Frederick George Innes LillingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Letters on Irish Emigration
Author: Edward Everett HalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The "Soapy" Smith Tragedy
Author: SheaThe Outpost of the Lost
Author: David L. BrainardPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510735224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In the summer of 1881, Lt. Adolphus Greely of the Fifth United States Cavalry and a crew of twenty-one men set out on the Proteus to explore the then relatively-unknown Arctic Circle. During their three-year journey, the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, as it came to be known, was meant to ascertain new astronomical data, to establish an observation station, and to record other meteorological data. And while they did accomplish those tasks, the crew of the Proteus will instead forever be remembered for the catastrophe that they encountered, one that yielded few survivors. After a relatively calm first year in the Arctic, the members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition grew increasingly desperate as ships carrying essential supplies—food, clothing, and building materials, among other items—failed to reach them due to increasingly perilous conditions. Slowly but surely the harsh weather and low supplies decimated the crew, as one by one they succumbed to the merciless Arctic. When a rescue vessel finally reached the Proteus in 1884, only six members of the original expedition remained. Told in concise prose with stunning clarity, Proteus crew member David L. Brainard's Outpost of the Lost is an inspiring account of human spirit and perseverance, and is not be missed by any armchair adventurer or history buff.
An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound
Author: Robert Anstruther GoodsirPublisher: London : J. Van Voorst
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Narrative of 1849 voyage in search of Franklin's expedition on board whaler Advice led by William Penney. Written by brother of one of Franklin's men.
Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada
Author: David T. HanburyPublisher:
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Category : Eskimo languages
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
First on the Antarctic Continent
Author: Carsten Egeberg BorchgrevinkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In 1894, Borchgrevink shipped on board the whaler Antarctic on its way to the Ross Sea, as a deckhand and part-time scientist. He took part in the historic landing at Cape Adare, and collected the first vegetation to be found within the Antarctic Circle. He traveled to London and under the financial sponsorship of Sir George Newnes, the wealthy publisher, sailed in 1898 as commander of the "Southern Cross" expedition. Before it was over, Borchgrevink laid claim to a number of firsts: the first time dogs were used on the Antarctic continent, a furthest south record, the first sledge journey on the Ross Ice Shelf. Perhaps today he would be best remembered as having discovered the northward movement of the Ross Ice Shelf and the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier.
Conquering the Arctic Ice
Author: Ejnar MikkelsenPublisher: London : W. Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Account of Anglo-American Polar Expedition 1906 led by author and Ernest de Koven Leffingwell. Visited Beaufort Sea area of Alaska looking for supposed land to the north.
A Diary Kept While with the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896
Author: Benjamin HoppinPublisher:
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Hoppkins was a mineralogist who accompanied Peary on his 1896 Arctic expedition, the aim of which was to search for minerals, fossils, a previously seen meteorite, and to visit Greenland. The ship used on the voyage was the Hope, sailing out of St. John's under Commander Peary and Captain John Bartlett of Brigus, with several experts from different fields and a crew also comprised mainly of Newfoundlanders.