Polar Regions 3

Replica of 1836 edition by Baudry's European Library, Paris. 
Elibron Classics. 
With Illustrations. 
Oversize maps are available as a free download. 
Admiral Sir George Back FRS (6 November 1796 – ……続きを見る

3 works of William Parry English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer (1790-1855) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of William Parry. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly……続きを見る

In the summer of 1984, Anthony Dalton embarked on a near-fatal voyage in a small open boat along the wild northwest coast of Alaska, attempting a solo transit of the Northwest Passage. His sea quest……続きを見る

Photographer Ponting joined Robert Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910. His remarkable book not only tells of the life among Scott's crew on board and at camp, but also provides numerous ph……続きを見る

After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest P……続きを見る

The Roald Amundsen Anthology: “The Gjoa Expedition 1903-07”, and “The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912”. In this Anthology are combined the accounts……続きを見る

There are more famous names than Tom Crean’s from the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration, but there are few stories as compelling as his. The Antarctic is a harsh place of bitter cold and darknes……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Introduction Foreword I The Plan II Preparations III The Start IV Up to Cape York V Welcome from the……続きを見る

"The Worst Journey in the World" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard is the epic tale of the disastrous "Winter expedition" of the Author and his two companions- Henry Bowers and Dr Edward Wilson - all members……続きを見る

In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada. In the Shadow of the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became part of Canada and how the Dominion government estab……続きを見る

In 1909, after two decades of strenuous efforts, the Peary Arctic Club expedition team triumphantly arrived at the North Pole. Commander Peary and his African-American companion, Matthew Henson, had……続きを見る

"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised," wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard in a deceptively jaunty introduction to this classic st……続きを見る

The epic history of the explorers and adventurers who risked -- and sometimes lost -- their lives in the quest to conquer and claim the Arctic. Ever since approximately 325 BC, the Arctic has been t……続きを見る

L’histoire de l’équipée du HMS Investigator et de la récente découverte de son épave par une équipe d’archéologues subaquatiques de Parcs Canada. En 1850, le capitaine Robert McClure et l’équipage d……続きを見る

This special bundle is your essential guide to all things concerning Canada’s polar regions, which make up the majority of Canada’s territory but are places most of us will never visit. The Arctic h……続きを見る

In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Russian Empire-already the largest on earth-expanded its dominion onto the ocean. Through a series of government-sponsored voyages of discovery and ……続きを見る

This vast ebook Anthology is exploding with masterpieces of world literature, ranging from the peerless Icelandic Sagas, to the Norwegian 'Heimskringla', or the 'Chronicle of the Kings of Norway'. A……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Die Todesfahrt der "Advance" im ewigen Eise" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Es handelt sich um eine übe……続きを見る

Zum 100. Todestag des berühmten Polarforschers und tragischen Helden am Südpol Robert Falcon Scott, erscheint nun erstmals als E-Book der selbstverfasste Reisebericht des britischen Entdeckers. Die ……続きを見る

Wilhelm Weike, a 23-year old handyman from Minden/Germany, accidentally found himself spending the year of 1883-84 among Inuit and wintering with whalers on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. The……続きを見る

This book will be welcomed by educators, administrators, and researchers in Inuit and First Nations communities across the North and anyone interested in the history of education in Canada. 続きを見る

Example in this ebook   It is a very wonderful thing, when we stop to think of it, that no matter where we are placed in this great round world of ours, it seems just right to us. Far away i……続きを見る

First published in 1853, this work recounts an unsuccessful expedition to find the missing Franklin expedition. Following the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew during a mission to find……続きを見る

This book is the first attempt which has been made to write a connected history of the City of Auckland. Although in years the city is comparatively young, many of the events which have marked its p……続きを見る

Farthest South - Ernest Henry Shackleton Born in Ireland, Shackleton joined the merchant navy before being recruited for Captain Scott's 1901 expedition to Antarctica. He was with Scott on his first……続きを見る

Example in this ebook   For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I coul……続きを見る

Windows to the Land, Volume I is the Great Land’s history told through the first people of Alaska, from the Aleutians, through Southeast, around the coast, across the vast Interior to Prince William……続きを見る

Parallel Destinies is the North's history in a microcosm, from wilderness to modernization. Through Montenegrin fur trader John Hajdukovich, Swedish roadhouse owner Rika Wallen and Interior Natives,……続きを見る

“A thrilling narrative of personal experiences and adventures in the wonderful gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, with observations of travel and exploration along the Yukon. Portraying the da……続きを見る

In June 1940, the U.S. Coast Guard set out to survey the coast of Greenland, the largest island in the world--and the coldest. A year and a half before the country entered the Second World War, the ……続きを見る