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A Polar Reconnaissance
Being the Voyage of the Isbjorn to Novaya Zemlya in 1879
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108071949
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.03.2014
Seiten:
398
Autor:
Albert Hastings Markham
Gewicht:
560 g
Format:
216x140x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This illustrated work, published in 1881, illuminates historical and recent Arctic exploration in the region of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.
Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Early English voyages to the north-east; 3. Early Dutch voyages to the north-east; 4. Russian discoveries in Novaya Zemlya; 5. Norwegian explorers in Novaya Zemlya; 6. Austro-Hungarian, Swedish, and Dutch expeditions in modern times; 7. The Isbjörn; 8. First days at sea; 9. Nameless bay; 10. The Matyushin Shar; 11. First attempt to push north frustrated; 12. The Kara sea; 13. Baffled in the Kara sea; 14. Meeting with the 'Willem Barents'; 15. Northward ho! and homeward bound; 16. Valedictory; Appendices; Index.