Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108041418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
First published in 1856, this two-volume work describes the second Grinnell expedition (1853-5) in search of Sir John Franklin.
Arctic Explorations
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108041418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
First published in 1856, this two-volume work describes the second Grinnell expedition (1853-5) in search of Sir John Franklin.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108041418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
First published in 1856, this two-volume work describes the second Grinnell expedition (1853-5) in search of Sir John Franklin.
Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher: London : T. Nelson
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher: London : T. Nelson
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Spectral Arctic
Author: Shane McCorristine
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787352455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787352455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.
Explorations in the Icy North
Author: Nanna Katrine Luders Kaalund
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822946595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Science in the Arctic changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century, when early, scattered attempts in the region to gather knowledge about all aspects of the natural world transitioned to a more unified Arctic science under the First International Polar Year in 1882. The IPY brought together researchers from multiple countries with the aim of undertaking systematic and coordinated experiments and observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. Harsh conditions, intense isolation, and acute danger inevitably impacted the making and communicating of scientific knowledge. At the same time, changes in ideas about what it meant to be an authoritative observer of natural phenomena were linked to tensions in imperial ambitions, national identities, and international collaborations of the IPY. Through a focused study of travel narratives in the British, Danish, Canadian, and American contexts, Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund uncovers not only the transnational nature of Arctic exploration, but also how the publication and reception of literature about it shaped an extreme environment, its explorers, and their scientific practices. She reveals how, far beyond the metropole--in the vast area we understand today as the North American and Greenlandic Arctic--explorations and the narratives that followed ultimately influenced the production of field science in the nineteenth century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822946595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Science in the Arctic changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century, when early, scattered attempts in the region to gather knowledge about all aspects of the natural world transitioned to a more unified Arctic science under the First International Polar Year in 1882. The IPY brought together researchers from multiple countries with the aim of undertaking systematic and coordinated experiments and observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. Harsh conditions, intense isolation, and acute danger inevitably impacted the making and communicating of scientific knowledge. At the same time, changes in ideas about what it meant to be an authoritative observer of natural phenomena were linked to tensions in imperial ambitions, national identities, and international collaborations of the IPY. Through a focused study of travel narratives in the British, Danish, Canadian, and American contexts, Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund uncovers not only the transnational nature of Arctic exploration, but also how the publication and reception of literature about it shaped an extreme environment, its explorers, and their scientific practices. She reveals how, far beyond the metropole--in the vast area we understand today as the North American and Greenlandic Arctic--explorations and the narratives that followed ultimately influenced the production of field science in the nineteenth century.
Arctic Explorations
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats.
A History of Arctic Exploration
Author: Matti Laineman
Publisher: Anova Books
ISBN: 9781844860692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, and arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a history of the exploration of this remote region be published. Wide-reaching in its scope and beautifully presented with artworks, maps and charts from the Nurminen Foundation and numerous European museums, private collections and archives, this is a full account of the many explorers from both East and West who attempted to find the North-West and North-East Passages, and to chart and document the region to enable the mythical North to gradually take shape and become part of the world picture. The story of man's skill and initiative in bringing an understanding to such an inhospitable part of the globe is described through the daring adventures of Viking sailors such as Erik the Red, navigators Barents and Bering, and explorers of the wilds such as Chelyuskin and Franklin. Equally, the stories of those disasterous voyages in search of the North-West and North-East Passages are presented in detail. The journeys of the great scientific explorers – Cook, Nordenskiold and Amundsen – remind the reader of the bravery of those who set their sights towards the uncharted North. Bravery and endurance were not sufficient for the almost incredible feats of Nansen and Peary. Success in extreme conditions was only achieved by those expeditions that appreciated the ferocity of nature and took example from the indigenous peoples – those who had lived in the North long before the coming of the Europeans.
Publisher: Anova Books
ISBN: 9781844860692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, and arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a history of the exploration of this remote region be published. Wide-reaching in its scope and beautifully presented with artworks, maps and charts from the Nurminen Foundation and numerous European museums, private collections and archives, this is a full account of the many explorers from both East and West who attempted to find the North-West and North-East Passages, and to chart and document the region to enable the mythical North to gradually take shape and become part of the world picture. The story of man's skill and initiative in bringing an understanding to such an inhospitable part of the globe is described through the daring adventures of Viking sailors such as Erik the Red, navigators Barents and Bering, and explorers of the wilds such as Chelyuskin and Franklin. Equally, the stories of those disasterous voyages in search of the North-West and North-East Passages are presented in detail. The journeys of the great scientific explorers – Cook, Nordenskiold and Amundsen – remind the reader of the bravery of those who set their sights towards the uncharted North. Bravery and endurance were not sufficient for the almost incredible feats of Nansen and Peary. Success in extreme conditions was only achieved by those expeditions that appreciated the ferocity of nature and took example from the indigenous peoples – those who had lived in the North long before the coming of the Europeans.
Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Narrative of chief adventures and discoveries of arctic explorers during nineteenth century.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Narrative of chief adventures and discoveries of arctic explorers during nineteenth century.
Arctic Explorations
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grinnell Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grinnell Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Red Arctic
Author: John McCannon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195114361
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
McCannon also exposes the reality behind these exploits: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the GULAG as the dominant force in the North.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195114361
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
McCannon also exposes the reality behind these exploits: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the GULAG as the dominant force in the North.
Arctic Explorations; the second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir. J. Franklin, 1853,'54,'55 ... Illustrated by ... engravings, from sketches by the author, etc
Author: Elisha Kent KANE (Arctic Explorer.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description