On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea, di Savoia

Автор: Scoresby
Название: An Account of the Arctic Regions
ISBN: 1108037798 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108037792
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Published in 1820, this two-volume guide to the Arctic was written by distinguished scientist and explorer William Scoresby (1789-1857). Volume 2 focuses on the history, development, and methods of whaling in the polar regions and includes the account of a whaling voyage in 1816.

Автор: Nares
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
ISBN: 1108041566 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041560
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Written by expedition commander George Nares, this 1878 two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition`s attempt to reach the North Pole. Volume 2 describes the perilous return journey. It includes extensive appendices, giving details of the expedition`s scientific discoveries, and features a cumulative index.

Автор: Payer
Название: New Lands within the Arctic Circle
ISBN: 1108041442 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041447
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: 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. Volume 1 describes the region`s climate and terrain, the crew`s navigational strategies, and the perilous conditions that led them to abandon ship.

Автор: di Savoia
Название: On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea
ISBN: 1108072194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108072199
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, a grandson of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy, was well known as a mountaineer and traveller when, in 1899, he organised an expedition to the Arctic. His account was published in Italian in 1902 and this two-volume English translation appeared in 1903.

Автор: Nares
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
ISBN: 1108041558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041553
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Written by expedition commander George Nares, this 1878 two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition`s attempt to reach the North Pole. Volume 1 describes the discovery of the route later called Nares Strait, and the dog-sled journey that set a new record for the farthest distance north achieved.

Автор: Wrangell
Название: Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea
ISBN: 1108062156 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108062152
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In 1820-3, Russian explorer Ferdinand von Wrangell (1797-1870) led an expedition to survey Siberia`s north-eastern coastline. Translated into English from German, this wide-ranging account of a little-known portion of the globe was edited by the geophysicist Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) and published in 1840.

Автор: Keely
Название: In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition
ISBN: 1108041728 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041720
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Hayes
Название: An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854
ISBN: 1108074898 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108074896
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Описание: This 1860 first-hand account by surgeon Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-81) records a gruelling episode in Greenland during the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. With the expedition`s ship Advance trapped in ice, Hayes set out with a party of men towards Upernavik. Their struggle for survival is vividly recounted.

Автор: Shillinglaw
Название: A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
ISBN: 1108073336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073332
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In this 1850 account of the history of Arctic exploration, John Shillinglaw both gives a historical perspective and describes the most recent efforts being made to discover the fate of Franklin`s 1845 expedition, offering a useful synthesis of the first-hand accounts published in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Автор: Belcher
Название: The Last of the Arctic Voyages
ISBN: 1108028888 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108028882
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Published in 1855, this two-volume account by the captain of H.M.S. Assistance describes his unsuccessful mission to find the missing Arctic expedition led by John Franklin (1786-1847). Volume 1 describes the outward journey, Arctic animals, and the men`s struggle against the cold of the northern winter.

Название: Letters Written during the Late Voyage of Discovery in the Western Arctic Sea
ISBN: 1108073409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073400
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book takes the form of letters written to his brother by an anonymous officer on Edward Parry`s 1819-20 Arctic voyage. It was brought out in 1821 by the enterprising publisher Richard Phillips, and is full of striking details, such as a verse description of the aurora borealis.

Автор: Jackson
Название: A Thousand Days in the Arctic
ISBN: 1108041647 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041645
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Описание: Described as `a record of solid achievement ... in the face of hardship and difficulty`, Jackson`s 1899 account of his Arctic expedition describes a forbidding terrain of ice and snow. Illustrated with maps and images, Volume 1 recounts the voyage out, dramatic bear-hunts, and arduous journeys by sledge.