The Frozen Zone and its Explorers: A Comprehensive Record of Voyages, Travels, Discoveries, Adventures and Whale-Fishing in the Arctic Regions for One Thousand Years - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 110807488X ISBN 13: 9781108074889

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

An American account of one thousand years of exploration in the Arctic regions, published in 1874.

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Descrizione del libro

This American account of one thousand years of exploration in the Arctic was published in 1874. It remains a readable synthesis, which ends with an appeal to the British Admiralty to resume the work of polar exploration which had gone into decline after the end of the search for Franklin.

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Introduction; Sketch of the life of Dr Kane; 1. The Arctic regions; 2. Early discoveries and history; 3. English expeditions to the north-east; 4. Dutch expeditions to the north-east; 5. Arctic voyages of Frobisher and Davis; 6. Arctic voyages of Henry Hudson and others; 7. Arctic voyages of Baffin and others; 8. The Arctic whale-fishery; 9. The Arctic whale-fishery (cont.); 10. Cruise of the Isabella and Alexander; 11. Cruise of the Hecla and Griper; 12. Cruise of the Fury and Hecla; 13. Voyage of the Dorothea and Trent; 14. Franklin's first land expedition; 15. Franklin's first land expedition (cont.); 16. Franklin's second land expedition; 17. Arctic voyages of Lyons, Beechy, and others; 18. Parry's polar voyage; 19. Expedition of John and James C. Ross; 20. George Back's expeditions; 21. Land expeditions of Dease, Simpson, and Rae; 22. Franklin's last voyage, with a sketch of his life; 23. Searches for Franklin; 24. Searches for Franklin (cont.); 25. Searches for Franklin (cont.); 26. Searches for Franklin (cont.); 27. Searches for Franklin (cont.); 28. Searches for Franklin (cont.); 29. The first American expedition; 30. The first American expedition (cont.); 31. The first American expedition (cont.); 32. The first American expedition (cont.); 33. The first American expedition (cont.); 34. Dr Kane's second expedition; 35. Dr Kane's second expedition (cont.); 36. Dr Kane's second expedition (cont.); 37. The Hartstene relief expedition; 38. Franklin's fate discovered; 39. Arctic Siberia and its explorers; 40. Travels in Alaska; 41. Dr Hayes' expedition; 42. Sketch of Charles F. Hall, and his earlier Arctic travels; 43. The Polaris expedition; 44. The Polaris expedition (cont.); 45. The Polaris expedition (cont.); 46. The Polaris expedition (cont.); 47. The Polaris expedition (cont.); 48. Polaris search and relief expeditions; 49. The Polaris expedition (conc.); 50. German Arctic expeditions; 51. Swedish and Norwegian expeditions.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 110807488X
• ISBN 13: 9781108074889
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 886
• Redattore: Hyde Alexander, Baldwin A. C., Gage W. L.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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