Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-04142-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57) was a medical officer in the United States Navy, best known for the so-called 'Grinnell voyages' to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin's expedition. Originally published in 1856, this two-volume work documents his second expedition, between 1853 and 1855, during which his ship became ice-bound, and he and his men survived by adopting Inuit survival skills, such as hunting, sledge-driving and hut-building. In Volume 2, Kane continues to describe the Inuit people by whom he was aided, their birth and death rites, their survival skills in times of famine, and their rescuing of his crew. Accompanied by an extensive appendix containing his meteorological and geological surveys of the area, Kane's writings reveal his own controversial personality, his scholarly and navigational abilities, and his admiration of the way in which the Inuits' life was adapted to their environment.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Expeditions- & Reiseliteratur
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Modes of life
2. A break-down
3. The fire-clothed bag
4. The bennesoak
5. Our condition
6. Line of open water
7. Colloquy in the bunks
8. The delectable mountains
9. Routine
10. Journey after Hans
11. Hartstene Bay
12. The Esquimaux of Greenland
13. Walrus-hunting
14. Kalutunah
15. Cape James Kent
16. Preparations for escape
17. The pledges
18. The sick-hut
19. To the brig again
20. New stations
21. The game of ball
22. The bakery
23. Fresh dogs
24. The red boat sinking
25. The farewell
26. Sutherland Island
27. A look-out
28. The crimson cliffs
29. The sea! The sea!
Conclusion
Appendix.
