In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the Kite With the Peary Expedition - Together With a Transcript of the Log of the Kite

Klappentext Published in 1893, this book recounts Robert Peary's 1891 Greenland expedition and the subsequent return voyage in 1892. Zusammenfassung Published in 1893! this is an account of the journey that took Robert Peary's 1891 expedition to explore Greenland! and the subsequent mission to bring the exploring party home in 1892. The book includes many illustrations and includes transcripts of the ship's log for both journeys. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Voyage of the Kite: Introduction; 1. The start; 2. Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence; 3. First sight of Greenland; 4. A native dance; 5. Farewell to Godhavn; 6. Collapsing of an iceberg; 7. An accident to the ship; 8. Free once more; 9. Herbert Island; 10. A school of white whales; 11. Arctic clothing; 12. Bows and arrows; 13. Ascending the Iron Mountains; 14. At Godhavn once more; Part II. The Relief of Peary and the Log of the Kite, etc.: Introduction; The log of the Kite; The Peary relief expedition: 1. The relief expedition; 2. The start; 3. Halifax; 4. First icebergs; 5. Leaving St Johns; 6. Official recognition of the expedition; 7. The Cape York and Nehelumie Eskimos; 8. News of the ship's arrival taken to Mrs Peary; 9. In Smith Sound; 10. Camping on Robertson Bay; 11. The relief expedition makes a reconnoissance of the inland ice, and meets Lieut Peary and Mr Astrup; 12. The Peary party's winter life; 13. The journey over the inland ice; 14. The Kite in trouble; 15. The search for Mr Verhoeff; 16. Leaving McCormick Bay; 17. Godthaar; 18. The Kite's ghost; Appendix 1. The Peary-Verhoeff correspondence; Appendix 2. Lieut Peary's report; The reception at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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• Authors: Gwilym George Davis, Davis Gwilym George, Robert Neff Keely, Robert Neff Davis Keely, Keely Robert Neff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041720
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04172-0
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; 20th Century, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Arctic regions, Historical Geography