Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the World Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles
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- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- PART I VOYAGE OF H.M.S. “EREBUS” AND “TERROR” TO THE ANTARCTIC SEAS
- PART II ATTEMPT TO REACH THE NORTH POLE IN THE YEAR 1827
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III Return of the polar boats—Seal-shooting—Ptarmigan-shooting—Under weigh from Hecla Cove—Land at Red Beach—Home-ward-bound
- CHAPTER IV Résumé of the geological and botanical features of the islandéAnarctic cemeteryéWhy the expedition failed
- APPENDIX List of reindeer shot in Treurenberg Bay, Spitzbergen, by the officers and crew of H.M.S. Hecla in the year 1827
- PLANS FOR REACHING THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES. BY THE AUTHOR
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- PART I VOYAGE OF H.M.S. “EREBUS” AND “TERROR” TO THE ANTARCTIC SEAS
- PART II ATTEMPT TO REACH THE NORTH POLE IN THE YEAR 1827
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III Return of the polar boats—Seal-shooting—Ptarmigan-shooting—Under weigh from Hecla Cove—Land at Red Beach—Home-ward-bound
- CHAPTER IV Résumé of the geological and botanical features of the islandéAnarctic cemeteryéWhy the expedition failed
- APPENDIX List of reindeer shot in Treurenberg Bay, Spitzbergen, by the officers and crew of H.M.S. Hecla in the year 1827
- PLANS FOR REACHING THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES. BY THE AUTHOR
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- Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the WorldBeing Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles, pp. 377 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1884