Great Frozen Sea - A Personal Narrative of Voyage of Alert During Arctic Expedition of

Klappentext Eyewitness account of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-6, which attempted to reach the North Pole through Nares Strait. Zusammenfassung This is the first edition, published in 1878, of Albert Hastings Markham's fascinating eyewitness account of the famous British Arctic expedition of 1875–6, led by Sir George Nares. It includes details of the intrepid dog-sled journey which took the author further north than any previous Arctic explorer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Officers and ship's company of H.M.S. Alert; 1. Fitting out; 2. The voyage to Disco; 3. The Greenland settlements; 4. Melville Bay and the North Water; 5. Smith Sound; 6. Struggles with the ice; 7. A walrus hunt. Dog driving; 8. Slow progress through the ice; 9. Kennedy Channel; 10. The crossing of the threshold; 11. Floe-berg Beach; 12. Autumn travelling; 13. Winter quarters; 14. The Royal Arctic Theatre; 15. Winter occupations and amusements; 16. An Arctic Christmas; 17. A Happy New Year; 18. Return of the sun; 19. Details of sledge travelling; 20. The journey of Egerton and Rawson; 21. The routine of sledge travelling; 22. The northern division - travelling in April; 23. The most northern point ever reached by man; 24. Return of the northern division; 25. Return of all the sledge travellers; 26. The return voyage in the ice; 27. Homeward bound; Appendices; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Albert Hastings Markham, Sir Albert Hastings Markham
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041492
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04149-2
• Pagine: 490
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; HISTORY / Historical Geography, Historical Geography