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The Franz Josef Land Archipelago
- E.B.Baldwin's Journal of the Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Franz Josef Land Archipelago af E.B. Baldwin, 9780786417766
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
196
ISBN-13:
9780786417766
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786417765
Udg. Dato:
31 mar 2004
Størrelse i cm:
Oplagsdato:
31 mar 2004
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The Franz Josef Land Archipelago

- E.B.Baldwin's Journal of the Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899
Engelsk
Paperback 2004
Format:

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Franz Josef Land is a forbidding place, isolated by geography and history. Lying above the Arctic Circle in the northernmost province of Russia, this remote series of islands was only discovered by Westerners in 1873, and remains little known today. A few intrepid explorers ventured there in the late 19th century as a stepping-stone in attempts to reach the North Pole. Chicago journalist Walter Wellman led the first American expedition to the archipelago as part of a polar expedition in 1898-1899. His second-in-command, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, kept a journal documenting their trip. This previously unpublished journal reveals much about one of the last great periods of exploration--including the violence, chicanery, and racism that characterized much of American exploration and expansion.

Baldwin''s journal, reproduced here, paints a more realistic picture of the expedition than did Wellman''s communiques sent home for mass consumption. Correspondence between Baldwin and Wellman is included, and expedition notes list the supplies carried, descriptions of geographic features observed in the course of the trip, and the doctor''s notes on treatments, remedies and supplies. Editor P.J. Capelotti provides an extended introduction, and the text is illustrated with maps, depictions of dramatic events occurring on the trip, and several photographs.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
196
ISBN-13:
9780786417766
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786417765
Udg. Dato:
31 mar 2004
Størrelse i cm:
Oplagsdato:
31 mar 2004
Forfatter(e):
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