An edition of The story of exploration and adventure in the frozen seas (1896)

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Exploration and Discovery in the Frozen Seas

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An edition of The story of exploration and adventure in the frozen seas (1896)

The story of exploration and adventure in the frozen seas

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Final chapter was written before the disastrous attempt of going by baloon to the North Pole -- see links.
(My copy missing pages 67-94 ... otherwise I would provide a scanned copy)

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Publisher
Henry Altemus Company
Language
English
Pages
256

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People
John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac Hayes, George Nares
Places
Arctic regions
Times
1500-1893

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1896, Henry Altemus
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1896, Henry Altemus Company
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Table of Contents

I. The Arctic Lands Page 9
II. Voyages of Discovery from the Cabots to Baffin Page 26
III. Voyages from Baffin to McClintock Page 60
IV. Sir John Franklin, and the North-West Passage Page 83
V. Elisah Kent Kane, and Isaac I. Hayes Page 106
VI. Hall's Voyages; The Polaris Expeditiion Page 136
VII. Nare's Voyage with the "Alert" and "DIscovery" Page 151
VIII. The German and Austrian Expeditions Page 158
IX. Nordenskjold, and the North-East Passage Page 167
X. The Voyage of the Jeannette: De Long Page 180
XI. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to Grinnell Land, and the Attainment of the Farthest North Page 196
XII. Peary's Journey across Greenland Page 222
XIII. Nansen's Voyages Page 230
XIV. To the Pole by Balloon Page 240

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Philadelphia

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
256 p. :
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
17 x 13.5 x 2 centimeters
Weight
350 grams

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OL22361018M

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March 12, 2012 Edited by R. Garth Hutchinson Added Frontispiece, Inside Cover to previously provided Outside voer; added Table of Contents; subtitle (= External Cover Title); other information; weight is with about 30 pages missing.
December 4, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added subjects from MARC records.
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