Medienkombination, Englisch, 1252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 1640 g
A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897, etc.
Medienkombination, Englisch, 1252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 1640 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-04184-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920), the distinguished American Arctic explorer, is usually credited as the first person to have reached the geographic North Pole, in 1909. First published in 1898, this two-volume work recounts Peary's expeditions across the interior ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891–7. It describes Peary's contacts with the local Inuit tribes and the valuable scientific discoveries he made in geography, and natural history. Peary also documents the discovery and conveyance to the United States of the Cape York meteorites, from which the Inuit had extracted iron, but whose whereabouts had been a secret. In Volume 1 Peary recounts his first two expeditions in Greenland. Volume 2 deals with his later journeys, including a two-year stay trying to reach the North Pole, during which his wife gave birth to a daughter. The volume also documents Peary's summer voyages in 1896–7.
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Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; Part I. Reconnaissance of the Greenland Inland Ice, 1886. Objects and Results of 1886 Reconnaissance; Part II. North-Greenland Expedition of 1891–2: 1. Brooklyn to McCormick Bay; 2. Preparing our North-Greenland home; 3. Boat voyage to the islands; 4. Boat and sledge trips; 5. Through the great night; 6. Through the great night continued; 7. Imprisoned on the ice-cap; 8. Preparing for the ice-cap campaign; 9. Around Inglefield Gulf by sledge; 10. Equipment, routine, and beginning of the white march; 11. Over the 'Great Ice' to the northern end of Greenland; 12. Northernmost Greenland; 13. Eight thousand feet above the sea; 14. Boat voyage into Inglefield Gulf; 15. Search for Verhoeff, and homeward voyage; 16. Meteorological notes John M. Verhoeff; Objects and results of 1891–2 expedition; Appendix; Index. Volume 2: Part III. North-Greenland Expedition of 1893–4: 1. Philadelphia to Cape York; 2. House-building and hunting; 3. Autumn and winter work; 4. On the 'Great Ice'; 5. On the 'Great Ice' continued; 6. Discovery of the 'Saviksue'; 7. Reconnaissance of Melville Bay; 8. Meteorological and auroral notes; Part IV. North-Greenland Expedition of 1894–5: 1. Boat voyage, Falcon to lodge; 2. Boat voyage, Falcon to lodge continued; 3. The walrus hunt; 4. Transporting meat to the lodge; 5. Fall ice-cap work; 6. Fall hunting, Arctic day and night; 7. December journey to Cape York; 8. Return from Cape York; 9. Winter routine; 10. Sledge trips of the long night; 11. Miscellanea; 12. A week at Peterahwik; 13. Upward ice-cap journey; 14. The land beyond the ice-cap; 15. The land beyond the ice-cap continued; 16. Return ice-cap journey; 17. After the return; Objects and results of North-Greenland expeditions of 1893 to 1895; Part V. Summer Voyages of 1896–7: The 'Saviksue' or Cape York meteorites; Index.
