A Thousand Days In The Arctic: Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Jackson, Frederick G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108041647 ISBN 13 : 9781108041645

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Frederick G. Jackson's 1899 journal of his exploration in Franz Josef Land describes vividly a forbidding terrain of ice and snow.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1897, the triumphant return of the Jackson–Harmsworth Arctic expedition revived widespread enthusiasm for Polar exploration. Within days of the expedition's arrival in London, newspapers ranging from the Boy's Own Paper to the Graphic were full of articles relating to the endeavours and findings of this intrepid undertaking. The demand for information did not abate and, in 1899, this two-volume account by Frederick G. Jackson (1860–1938) of his travels in Franz Josef Land was published to wide acclaim. Hailed by The Morning Post as 'a record of solid achievement accomplished by dint of steady perseverance in the face of hardship and difficulty', Jackson's journal describes a forbidding terrain of ice and snow. Illustrated by maps and numerous anthropological and zoological images, Volume 1 opens with the voyage north and goes on to recount the team's accommodation - a wooden hut named 'Elmwood' - bear-hunts, and arduous but inspirational journeys by sledge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108041647
• ISBN 13: 9781108041645
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 578
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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