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From Edinburgh to the Antarctic
An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892 93
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108048248
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
26.03.2012
Seiten:
384
Autor:
William Gordon Burn Murdoch
Gewicht:
540 g
Format:
216x140x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
In 1894, an account and sketches of a whaling expedition of 1892-3 by the on-board artist.
1. Written in the North-East trades, recalling our departure from Edinburgh and the University Hall; 2. In Dundee we sign articles as assistant-surgeon on the barque Balaena, bound for the Antarctic and the adjacent seas; 3. A short account of the origin and objects of the Dundee Antarctic expedition; 4. Further notes during the bad weather; 5. Fine weather at sea; 6. Old horse day; 7. An account of how two boys came to stow away in the Balaena, written by one of them; 8. We run into the North-East trades; 9. We cross the Line; 10. A tropical storm; 11. Albatross fishing; 12. Changeable weather; 13. The Falkland Islands; 14. Leave the Falklands; 15. Christmas Eve in the Antarctic ice; 16. Christmas Day; 17. The pack-ice that barred the progress of Ross's sailing vessels; 18. Off to the North again; 19. By W. S. Bruce, naturalist on the Balaena.