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Cambridge University Press Die Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration)

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Product Description The German surgeon and explorer Emil Bessels (1847–88) was head of the scientific team on the American-sponsored Polaris Expedition, which in 1871–3 made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole. Some of the crew spent months adrift on an ice floe and others were marooned in Greenland. Astonishingly, they survived, but much of the expedition's scientific research remained unpublished as a result of financial wrangling. This 1879 publication is a popular account of the journey, with a substantial scientific appendix based on the expedition papers and additional data shared with Bessels by Sir George Nares. It describes the expedition's landfalls from Newfoundland to Greenland, and experiences, including temperatures so low that mercury froze, hunting for polar bears and seals for food, and the help provided by the local Inuit, whose language, traditions and burial customs Bessels outlines. The book also contains over eighty illustrations, mostly woodcuts. Book Description An illustrated account of the 1871–3 American Arctic Expedition, including scientific data on Greenland and descriptions of Inuit life.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 1108041477
Category: Books > Subjects > History > World History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 December 2011
Listed Since: 16 November 2011

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