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A Whaling Cruise to Baffin’s Bay and the Gulf of Boothia, and an Account of the Rescue of the Crew of the Polaris
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108072007
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.03.2014
Seiten:
364
Autor:
Albert Hastings Markham
Gewicht:
513 g
Format:
216x140x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Published in 1874, this illustrated account of experiences aboard a Dundee steam whaler brings seafaring in the Arctic to life.
Dedication; Introduction; 1. The Dundee whalers; 2. 'Spanning on'; 3. The south-west fishing; 4. 'Flinching' and 'making-off'; 5. Navigation of Davis' Straits; 6. Disco; 7. Upernivik and Melville Bay; 8. The north water; 9. Middle ice fishing; 10. More whales at middle ice; 11. Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait; 12. Port Leopold; 13. The Polaris expedition; 14. Again in Baffin's Bay; 15. Admiralty Inlet; 16. Prince Regent's Inlet; 17. Fury Beach; 18. Cape Garry; 19. Homeward bound; 20. Conclusion; Appendices A-E.