Title:
Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 / Emil Bessels ; translated from the German: Die Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879), by William Barr.
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9781552388778
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Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition. English
Publication Information:
Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2021]
©2016
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvii, 643 pages) : illustrations, maps.
General Note:
"Co-published with the Arctic Institute of North America."
Translation of: Die Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Origin of the expedition and its outfitting -- From New York to Newfoundland -- From Newfoundland to Greenland -- From Holsteinborg to the northernmost settlement on Earth -- Historical review -- Into unknown territory -- The first days in Polaris Bay -- The first sledge journey -- Hall's sledge trip -- In the realm of darkness -- The new year -- Through darkness to the light -- The southern sledge trip -- Early summer -- The boat voyage north -- The summer -- Southward -- On terra firma -- An ethnographic sketch -- Further progress -- The start of the ice floe drift -- Between hopelessness and optimism -- Spring on the floe -- The seals -- Salvation -- The boat voyage in Arctic waters -- Whaling -- The search -- Homeward bound - Epilogue : motive for murder.
Summary:
Chronicles the events of George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition from 1871 to 1873 on board the ship Polaris through the eyes of chief scientist and medical officer Emil Bessels, and explores the challenges they faced while trying survive while stranded at the North Pole.
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