New Lands Within the Arctic Circle - Narrative of Discoveries of Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in Years 1872

Klappentext This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841-1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 2 describes the crew's exploration of Franz-Josef Land by sledge, and their survival by means of bear-hunting, rationing of food, and making clothes from animal skins, in severe weather conditions, and encountering the challenges posed by icebergs and glaciers, until they were able to make their way to safety. The work contains both maps and paintings, the latter by von Payer himself. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1876, this two-volume work documents the Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition of 1872–4, in which von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discovered Franz-Josef Land. In Volume 2, von Payer describes his crew's courageous exploration of the region by sledge, and their survival through hunting bears for food and clothing. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Sledge Journeys: 1. The exploration of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land resolved on; 2. Of sledge travelling in general; 3. The equipment of a sledge expedition; 4. The first sledge journey; 5. The cold; 6. A general description of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land; 7. The second sledge expedition. Austria Sound; 8. In the extreme north; 9. The return to the ship; 10. The third sledge journey; 11. The Tegetthoff abandoned. Return to Europe: 1. Last days on the Tegetthoff; 2. On the frozen sea; 3. On the open sea; Appendix: 1. Meteorological observations; 2. Direction and force of the wind; Index.

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• Authors: Julius Payer, Julius Von Payer, Payer Julius von, Julius Von Payer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041454
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04145-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration; New Lands within the Arctic Circle 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; 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, Arctic regions, Historical Geography