Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym G. Davis

In Arctic Seas

The Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition

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Produktbeschreibung

In Arctic Seas - The Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hansebooks
• Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1892
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 167mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 824g
• ISBN-13: 9783337187958
• ISBN-10: 3337187951
• Artikelnr.: 48454988

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Voyage of the Kite: Introduction
1. The start
2. Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence
3. First sight of Greenland
4. A native dance
5. Farewell to Godhavn
6. Collapsing of an iceberg
7. An accident to the ship
8. Free once more
9. Herbert Island
10. A school of white whales
11. Arctic clothing
12. Bows and arrows
13. Ascending the Iron Mountains
14. At Godhavn once more
Part II. The Relief of Peary and the Log of the Kite, etc.: Introduction
The log of the Kite
The Peary relief expedition: 1. The relief expedition
2. The start
3. Halifax
4. First icebergs
5. Leaving St Johns
6. Official recognition of the expedition
7. The Cape York and Nehelumie Eskimos
8. News of the ship's arrival taken to Mrs Peary
9. In Smith Sound
10. Camping on Robertson Bay
11. The relief expedition makes a reconnoissance of the inland ice, and meets Lieut Peary and Mr Astrup
12. The Peary party's winter life
13. The journey over the inland ice
14. The Kite in trouble
15. The search for Mr Verhoeff
16. Leaving McCormick Bay
17. Godthaar
18. The Kite's ghost
Appendix 1. The Peary-Verhoeff correspondence
Appendix 2. Lieut Peary's report
The reception at the Academy of Natural Sciences.