Frederick G. Jackson, Francis Leopold Mcclintock

A Thousand Days in the Arctic - Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

Frederick G. Jackson's 1899 journal of his exploration in Franz Josef Land describes vividly a forbidding terrain of ice and snow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 927g
• ISBN-13: 9781108041645
• ISBN-10: 1108041647
• Artikelnr.: 34754659

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Author's note
1. Introduction
2. Our start
3. Winter darkness, dreary days
4. Our Arctic hut
5. A Christmas festival, 1895
6. Mother Bear's nursery
7. A tough bit for 'Mr Bear'
8. Daylight returns
9. The first sledge journey, 1895
10. Second sledge journey, 1895
11. Snow morasses, discovery of Queen Victoria Sea
12. A successful race against time
13. Back from the sledge journey, 1895
14. Driven off the coast - nearly lost
15. A spectral sky and phantom ship
16. The storm subsides
17. Back at the hut
18. The gun in Franz Josef Land and game list
19. Preparing for our second winter
20. We suffer severe losses
21. A nasty climb in the dark.