The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative

Author:   Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   586
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
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Author:   Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9781108074872


ISBN 10:   1108074871
Pages:   586
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Note; 1. Introductory; 2. Preparations for departure; 3. Departure from New York; 4. Davis's Straits; 5. Whale-fish islands; 6. Boat party to Lievely; 7. The middle ice; 8. Formation of icebergs; 9. Svartehuk; 10. Jumping-off place; 11. Navigation of the pack; 12. Devil's Thumb; 13. The ice; 14. Melville Bay; 15. Opposite Duneira Bay; 16. Bear hunt; 17. Refraction; 18. The crimson cliffs of Beverly; 19. Arctic highlands; 20. Entering Lancaster Sound; 21. Visit to the encampment; 22. United searching squadrons; 23. Wellington Channel; 24. Wellington Channel (cont.); 25. Grinnell Land; 26. In the ice of Wellington Channel; 27. Wellington Channel (cont.); 28. Drifting about outlet of channel; 29. Continued drift; 30. The cold; 31. Continued drift (cont.); 32. Continued drift (cont.); 33. Continued drift (cont.); 34. Continued drift (cont.); 35. Meteors; 36. The Rescue in her ice dock; 37. Snow drifts; 38. April; 39. House-cleaning; 40. Trying to cut out; 41. Cape Walsingham; 42. The ice (cont.); 43. June; 44. Our floe; 45. fantastic forms of ice; 46. Pröven; 47. Uppernavik; 48. The Arctic glaciers; 49. March and collision of the bergs; 50. Uppernavik (cont.); Appendix.

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