Author: W.Gillies Ross (Ed)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hudson Bay-Description And Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
AN ARCTIC WHALING DIARY.
Author: W.Gillies Ross (Ed)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hudson Bay-Description And Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hudson Bay-Description And Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
An Arctic Whaling Diary
Author: George Comer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Journal of George Comer, master of the American whaling schooner Era.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Journal of George Comer, master of the American whaling schooner Era.
An Arctic Whaling Diary
Author: George Comer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780835736497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780835736497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Dangerous Work
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022604999X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This e-book features the complete text found in the print edition of Dangerous Work, without the illustrations or the facsimile reproductions of Conan Doyle's notebook pages. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the “first real outstanding adventure” of his life, taking a berth as ship’s surgeon on an Arctic whaler, the Hope. The voyage took him to unknown regions, showered him with dramatic and unexpected experiences, and plunged him into dangerous work on the ice floes of the Arctic seas. He tested himself, overcame the hardships, and, as he wrote later, “came of age at 80 degrees north latitude.” Conan Doyle’s time in the Arctic provided powerful fuel for his growing ambitions as a writer. With a ghost story set in the Arctic wastes that he wrote shortly after his return, he established himself as a promising young writer. A subsequent magazine article laying out possible routes to the North Pole won him the respect of Arctic explorers. And he would call upon his shipboard experiences many times in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, who was introduced in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet. Out of sight for more than a century was a diary that Conan Doyle kept while aboard the whaler. Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure makes this account available for the first time. With humor and grace, Conan Doyle provides a vivid account of a long-vanished way of life at sea. His careful detailing of the experience of arctic whaling is equal parts fascinating and alarming, revealing the dark workings of the later days of the British whaling industry. In addition to the transcript of the diary, the e-book contains two nonfiction pieces by Doyle about his experiences; and two of his tales inspired by the journey. To the end of his life, Conan Doyle would look back on this experience with awe: “You stand on the very brink of the unknown,” he declared, “and every duck that you shoot bears pebbles in its gizzard which come from a land which the maps know not. It was a strange and fascinating chapter of my life.” Only now can the legion of Conan Doyle fans read and enjoy that chapter.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022604999X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This e-book features the complete text found in the print edition of Dangerous Work, without the illustrations or the facsimile reproductions of Conan Doyle's notebook pages. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the “first real outstanding adventure” of his life, taking a berth as ship’s surgeon on an Arctic whaler, the Hope. The voyage took him to unknown regions, showered him with dramatic and unexpected experiences, and plunged him into dangerous work on the ice floes of the Arctic seas. He tested himself, overcame the hardships, and, as he wrote later, “came of age at 80 degrees north latitude.” Conan Doyle’s time in the Arctic provided powerful fuel for his growing ambitions as a writer. With a ghost story set in the Arctic wastes that he wrote shortly after his return, he established himself as a promising young writer. A subsequent magazine article laying out possible routes to the North Pole won him the respect of Arctic explorers. And he would call upon his shipboard experiences many times in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, who was introduced in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet. Out of sight for more than a century was a diary that Conan Doyle kept while aboard the whaler. Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure makes this account available for the first time. With humor and grace, Conan Doyle provides a vivid account of a long-vanished way of life at sea. His careful detailing of the experience of arctic whaling is equal parts fascinating and alarming, revealing the dark workings of the later days of the British whaling industry. In addition to the transcript of the diary, the e-book contains two nonfiction pieces by Doyle about his experiences; and two of his tales inspired by the journey. To the end of his life, Conan Doyle would look back on this experience with awe: “You stand on the very brink of the unknown,” he declared, “and every duck that you shoot bears pebbles in its gizzard which come from a land which the maps know not. It was a strange and fascinating chapter of my life.” Only now can the legion of Conan Doyle fans read and enjoy that chapter.
An Arctic Whaling Diary: The Journal of Captain George Comer in Hudson Bay 1901-1905
Author: W. Gillies Ross
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487573430
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Comer's journal of the 1903-5 expedition gives a valuable and fascinating insight into the arctic whaling industry, the lives of the native people associated with it, and the beginnings of Canadian intervention in the area. Professor Ross enhances this information with an introduction, epilogue, and notes.
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487573430
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Comer's journal of the 1903-5 expedition gives a valuable and fascinating insight into the arctic whaling industry, the lives of the native people associated with it, and the beginnings of Canadian intervention in the area. Professor Ross enhances this information with an introduction, epilogue, and notes.
A Whaling Captain's Daughter
Author: Laura Jernegan
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736803465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The diary of Laura Jernegan, a young girl who traveled with her family on her father's whaling ship in the 1860s who records her schooling, dangerous whale hunts, and the activities of her baby brother. Includes activities and a timeline related to this era.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736803465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The diary of Laura Jernegan, a young girl who traveled with her family on her father's whaling ship in the 1860s who records her schooling, dangerous whale hunts, and the activities of her baby brother. Includes activities and a timeline related to this era.
Dangerous Work
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600905X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In February 1880, when Arthur Conan Doyle was only 20 years old, he spent seven months as a ships surgeon on an Arctic whaler. During the voyage, he kept a detailed diary. This edition contains a full facsimile of the diary, with a transcription, plus several non-fiction and fiction pieces based on the experience and life on board
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600905X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In February 1880, when Arthur Conan Doyle was only 20 years old, he spent seven months as a ships surgeon on an Arctic whaler. During the voyage, he kept a detailed diary. This edition contains a full facsimile of the diary, with a transcription, plus several non-fiction and fiction pieces based on the experience and life on board
Scottish Arctic Whaling
Author: Chelsey W. Sanger
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN: 9781906566777
Category : Whalers (Persons)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Describes Scotland's 150-year involvement in Arctic bowhead whaling using previously unpublished research from port records and newspaper accounts.
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN: 9781906566777
Category : Whalers (Persons)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Describes Scotland's 150-year involvement in Arctic bowhead whaling using previously unpublished research from port records and newspaper accounts.
An Arctic Whaling Journal of 1791
Author: Ann Savours
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora
Author: David Moore Lindsay
Publisher: Boston : D. Estes
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Narrative of voyage from Dundee to Davis Strait, 1884.
Publisher: Boston : D. Estes
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Narrative of voyage from Dundee to Davis Strait, 1884.