George Frederick McDougall

The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions

In Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ship

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by the ship's master, this 1857 publication gives an account of H.M.S. Resolute's 1852-4 voyage to the Arctic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 594
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 827g
• ISBN-13: 9781108070843
• ISBN-10: 1108070841
• Artikelnr.: 40555829

Inhaltsangabe

List of officers
Preface
1. Leave the Nore
2. First sight of ice and land
3. Land to obtain coal
4. Constantly on the move
5. Sir E. Belcher addresses officers and men
6. Melville Island
7. The first death
8. Routine of day during the winter
9. Supposed proceedings of Investigator
10. I am ordered to accompany Lieut. Hamilton
11. Proceedings of the North Star
12. Mecham and party return to the ship
13. Anecdotes of lemmings
14. Attempts to ascertain daily drift
15. Read a second paper on Arctic explorations
16. Journal from Resolute to North Star
17. Recovery and restoration of H.M.S. Resolute
Appendix.