Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73

Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 /

"Polaris is a thoroughly edited, annotated translation of Die Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition by Emil Bessels (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879). Bessels recounts the expedition of the ship Polaris, led by Captain Charles Francis Hall, on its failed attempt to reach the North Pole....

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Main Author: Bessels, Emil, 1847-1888
Other Authors: Barr, William, 1940- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press : The Arctic Institute of North America, 2016.
Series:Northern lights series ; no. 19.
Subjects:
Bessels, Emil, > 1847-1888 > Travel > Arctic regions.
Hall, Charles Francis, > 1821-1871.
Bessels, Emil, > 1847-1888
Hall, Charles Francis, > 1821-1871
Polaris (Ship)
TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
HISTORY > Polar Regions.
Discoveries in geography > American
Travel
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > American.
Arctic Regions
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Table of Contents:
  • Expedition members
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • The American North Pole Expedition / by Emil Bessels. Dedication ; Preface ; 1. Origin of the expedition and its outfitting ; 2. From New York to Newfoundland ; 3. From Newfoundland to Greenland ; 4. From Holsteinsborg to the northernmost settlement on earth ; 5. Historical review ; 6. Into unknown territory ; 7. The first days in Polaris Bay ; 8. The first sledge journey ; 9. Hall's sledge trip ; 10. In the realm of darkness ; 11. The New Year ; 12. Through darkness to the light ; 13. The southern sledge trip ; 14. Early summer ; 15. The boat voyage north ; 16. The summer ; 17. Southward ; 18. On terra firma ; 19. An ethnographic sketch ; 20. Further progress ; 21. The start of the ice floe drift ; 22. Between hopelessness and optimism ; 23. Spring on the floe ; 24. The seals ; 25. Salvation ; 26. The boat voyage in Arctic waters ; 27. Whaling ; 28. The search ; 29. Homeward bound
  • Epilogue: Motive for murder
  • Appendix 1. Scientific appendix (outline)
  • Appendix 2. Hall's instructions
  • Appendix 3. The Board of Inquiry
  • Appendix 4. Biographical sketches.

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