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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| Language: | English |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press : The Arctic Institute of North America,
2016.
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| Series: | Northern lights series ;
no. 19. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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.