Through Siberia, the Land of the Future

Published in English in 1914, Nansen's travel narrative remains of value to anyone interested in Siberia and its native peoples.

Sommario

Publisher's note; 1. From Norway to the Kara Sea; 2. Visits from Samoyedes; 3. Through the ice northward along Yamal; 4. Open sea, eastward to the Yenisei; 5. Nosonovski Pesok and the Samoyedes; 6. Waiting to go on; 7. Up the Yenisei; 8. Dudinka to the Kureika; 9. Troitskiy Monastir, and on to the south; 10. Verkhne-Imbatskoye to Sumarokova; 11. From Sumarokova to Yeniseisk; 12. Yeniseisk to Krasnoyarsk and beyond; 13. The colonisation and development of Siberia; 14. Irkutsk to Vladivostok; 15. The Ussuri region, Vladivostok and Khabarovsk; 16. Russia in the east; 17. The Amur district and the Amur railway; 18. From the Bureya to Transbaikalia; 19. Homeward through Siberia; Appendix; Index.

Info autore

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis.

Riassunto

In 1913, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) set off to find a sea route across the north of the Eurasian continent to the interior of Siberia. Published in English translation in 1914, Nansen's account remains of value to anyone interested in Siberia and its native peoples.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fridtjof Nansen
• Con la collaborazione di: Arthur G. Chater (Traduzione), Chater Arthur G. (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108071499
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07149-9
• Pagine: 602
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Historical Geography, Historical Geography