Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 781 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
The Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition: Together with a Transcript of the Log of the Kite
Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 781 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-04172-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Robert Peary (1856-1920) was an American Arctic explorer. For much of the twentieth century, he was for many years credited with being, in 1909, the first man to reach the North Pole, although this has recently been questioned. Born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, Peary graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877 and joined the US Navy in 1881. He began his Arctic expeditions in 1886, exploring Greenland for a number of years in search of a route to the Pole. Published in 1893, this illustrated book consists of two parts. Drawing on the diaries of the expedition's surgeon, Robert Keely, Part I describes the journey that took Peary to Greenland in 1891. Part II uses the journal of the botanist William Meehan to describe the 1892 expedition to bring the exploring party home. The book includes transcripts of the logs of Richard Pike, captain of the Kite on both voyages.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Part I. The Voyage of the Kite: Introduction
1. The start
2. Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence
3. First sight of Greenland
4. A native dance
5. Farewell to Godhavn
6. Collapsing of an iceberg
7. An accident to the ship
8. Free once more
9. Herbert Island
10. A school of white whales
11. Arctic clothing
12. Bows and arrows
13. Ascending the Iron Mountains
14. At Godhavn once more
Part II. The Relief of Peary and the Log of the Kite, etc.: Introduction
The log of the Kite
The Peary relief expedition: 1. The relief expedition
2. The start
3. Halifax
4. First icebergs
5. Leaving St Johns
6. Official recognition of the expedition
7. The Cape York and Nehelumie Eskimos
8. News of the ship's arrival taken to Mrs Peary
9. In Smith Sound
10. Camping on Robertson Bay
11. The relief expedition makes a reconnoissance of the inland ice, and meets Lieut Peary and Mr Astrup
12. The Peary party's winter life
13. The journey over the inland ice
14. The Kite in trouble
15. The search for Mr Verhoeff
16. Leaving McCormick Bay
17. Godthaar
18. The Kite's ghost
Appendix 1. The Peary-Verhoeff correspondence
Appendix 2. Lieut Peary's report
The reception at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
