John Muir, William Frederic Bodè

The Cruise of the Corwin

Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781015690936
• ISBN-10: 1015690939
• Artikelnr.: 66816856

Autorenporträt

John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. He was instrumental in the creation and passage of the National Parks Act, and founder of the Sierra Club, acting as its president until his death. Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence." 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I. Unalaska and the Aleuts II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea
III. Siberian Adventures IV. In Peril from the Pack V. A Chukchi Orator VI.
Eskimos and Walrus VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael VIII. Return of the
Search Party IX. Villages of the Dead X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra XI.
Caribou and a Native Fair XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack XIII. First
Ascent of Herald Island XIV. Approaching a Mysterious Land XV. The Land of
the White Bear XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet XVII. Meeting the Point
Barrow Expedition XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd XIX. Turned back by
Storms and Ice XX. Homeward-Bound APPENDIX I. The Glaciation of the Arctic
and Subarctic Regions visited during the Cruise II. Botanical Notes