Hjalmar Johansen

With Nansen in the North

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1899 English translation of a Norwegian eyewitness account describes Nansen's daring 1893-6 Arctic expedition on the Fram.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781108041508
• ISBN-10: 1108041507
• Artikelnr.: 34571062

Inhaltsangabe

1. The equipment of the expedition
2. The first ice
3. A heavy sea
4. Death among the dogs
5. Open water
6. First day of rest
7. More bears
8. Foot-races on the ice
9. Deep soundings
10. Changes in the ice
11. Summer excursion on the ice
12. Snow-blindness
13. Nansen's lecture
14. Beating the world's record
15. The departure
16. Off at last
17. The Norwegian flag in the farthest north
18. More lanes
19. More ridges and lanes
20. 'Longing Camp'
21. Farewell to the drift-ice
22. Obliged to winter
23. An uninvited guest in our hut
24. Life in the hut
25. The New Year
26. Farewell to the hut
27. Hunting young walruses
28. English hospitality
29. The Windward arrives.