The North Pole: A Narrative HistoryAnthony Brandt The story of the race to the North Pole is told through memoirs, letters, ships' logs, and diaries of Arctic explorers, documenting the motives, modes of travel, and remarkable men who endured the extremes of physical hardship and grim competition, including Robert Peary, Richard Byrd, Fridtjof Nansen, and others. Original. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
Page 56
... coast in the 1740s , but his findings were by no means extensive . He had not sailed the length of the Northwest Coast of the continent ; he had only touched upon it . Who knew what lay to the south and north ? Where there is ignorance ...
... coast in the 1740s , but his findings were by no means extensive . He had not sailed the length of the Northwest Coast of the continent ; he had only touched upon it . Who knew what lay to the south and north ? Where there is ignorance ...
Page 61
... Coast is famous for , he could not keep close to the mainland and thereby missed some of the inlets and bays that mark the coast , leaving gaps in the record that could only lead to later speculation about what he might have missed ...
... Coast is famous for , he could not keep close to the mainland and thereby missed some of the inlets and bays that mark the coast , leaving gaps in the record that could only lead to later speculation about what he might have missed ...
Page 333
... coast so that he could not turn back to res- cue , and , six weeks later , reaching the west coast and safety . This was a first and it made Nansen's name . His next idea was much more interesting . He had become intrigued when in 1884 ...
... coast so that he could not turn back to res- cue , and , six weeks later , reaching the west coast and safety . This was a first and it made Nansen's name . His next idea was much more interesting . He had become intrigued when in 1884 ...
Contents
LOOKING NORTH | 1 |
JOHN DAVIS | 20 |
SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE REVIVED | 56 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animal Arctic Arctic Ocean Baffin Baffin Bay bear boat Boothia Peninsula Cape Captain coast cold Cook crew crossing deer discovered distance dogs drift Ebierbing encamped Eskimaux Eskimos Esquimaux expedition exploration feet fire floe foxes Franklin Franz Josef Land frozen gale gave Greenland ground half Henry Green hope Hudson Bay Hudson's Bay Company hummocks igloo Inlet Island John journey Kane killed King William Island Lancaster Sound land latitude looked meat miles morning musk ox named natives night North Pole northward Northwest Passage Novaya Zemlya pack Parry party Peary pemmican piece polar pounds remained Repulse Bay returned River Ross sailed seal seemed seen ship shore shot skin sledge sleep snow stones Strait temperature tent took travelling tripe de roche turned voyage weather whale wind winter