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An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Isaac I. Hayes
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Introduction by H. Norton Shaw
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:400 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Historical geography |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108074896
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| Classifications | Dewey:919.8 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
2 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
20 March 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
After the expedition of Sir John Franklin went missing in the Arctic, a series of search missions were sent out in an attempt to discover its fate. Two of these were funded by, and named after, the American shipping magnate Henry Grinnell (1799-1874), the second of which was launched in 1853. With the brig Advance trapped in ice off the coast of northern Greenland, the expedition's surgeon Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-81) set out in August 1854 with a party of men towards Upernavik. This 1860 publication traces nearly four months spent struggling against horrendous Arctic conditions. Also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection are The Open Polar Sea (1867) and The Land of Desolation (1871), Hayes's account of a more leisurely cruise along the coast of Greenland. Also available is Arctic Explorations (1856), a two-volume account of the second Grinnell expedition by its leader, Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57).
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