Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology - Reprinted Presented to Arctic Expedition of 1875, By President,

Klappentext A valuable collection of papers by eminent explorers and scientists, compiled for the benefit of the 1875 British Arctic Expedition.This volume was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The expedition ultimately failed to reach the North Pole, but this collection is a unique record of the knowledge accumulated by that time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Geography: 1. On the physical structure of Greenland Robert Brown; 2. On the best means of reaching the pole Baron von Wrangell; 3. On the discoveries of Dr Kane Dr Rink; 4. The Arctic current around Greenland C. Irminger; 5. Notes on the state of the ice R. Collinson; Part II. Ethnology: 1. Papers on the Greenland Eskimos; 2. On the descent of the Eskimos Dr Rink; 3. The Western Eskimo Dr Simpson; 4. Report of the Anthropological Institute.

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• Authors: Clements Robert Markham, Sir Clements Robert Markham
• Assisted by: Clements Robert Markham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108050029
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05002-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography