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Record #177044:
Arctic experiences: aboard the doomed Polaris expedition and six months adrift on an ice-floe / George E. Tyson ; introduction by Edward E. Leslie.
Title: | Arctic experiences: aboard the doomed Polaris expedition and six months adrift on an ice-floe / George E. Tyson ; introduction by Edward E. Leslie. |
Author(s): | Tyson, George E. Leslie, Edward E., |
Date: | 2002. |
Publisher: | New York: Cooper Square Press |
Abstract: | Unabridged republication of first-hand account of Charles Francis Hall's Polaris expedition, which achieved "farthest north" record on 30 August 1871, but which resulted in marooning of nineteen men, women and children on volatile and unpredictable ice floe for six months. |
Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo. 629.12 -- Vessels: Polaris. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1871-73 Hall. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1578 Frobisher. 92 -- Biographies: Tyson, George Emory. 92 -- Biographies: Hall, Charles Francis. 93"186" -- 1860-1869. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*48) -- Northwest Passage. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*41) : 91(08)[1871-73 Hall] |
ISBN: | 0815411898 |
SPRI record no.: | 177044 |
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