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Cruise of the Pandora: From the Private Journal Kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., etc., Commander of the Expedition: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Autor Allen Young
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 iun 2012
Sir Allen Young (1827–1915), merchant navy officer and experienced Polar explorer, took part in several expeditions before that of the Pandora. As navigator he had accompanied the McClintock expedition to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin, during which he explored several hundred miles of new coastline by sledge. He was also in command of the Fox on the 1860 North Atlantic telegraph expedition to assess the practicality of a cable route between Europe and America across the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. In 1875, he led, and financed, the British North-West Passage Expedition on the Pandora, and this compelling account of his journey was first published in 1876. In it, he records his attempt to reach the magnetic pole via Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and to navigate the North-West Passage in one season, though he failed in this attempt because of heavy ice in the Franklin Strait.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108049733
ISBN-10: 1108049737
Pagini: 124
Ilustrații: 12 b/w illus. 1 map
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introductory; 1. The voyage to Greenland; 2. The kryolite mine; 3. Navigation on the coast of Greenland; 4. Godhavn and the Waigat; 5. The passage through Melville Bay; 6. The Cary Islands; 7. Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait; 8. Beechey Island; 9. Peel Strait; 10. An impassable barrier; 11. A perilous race with the ice; 12. A second visit to the Cary Islands; 13. The voyage home; Appendix.

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Young's compelling 1876 account of his expedition to reach the magnetic pole and navigate the North-West Passage in one season.