Across Greenland's Ice Cap: The Remarkable Swiss Scientific Expedition Of 1912
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McGill-Queen's University Press
Place of publication:
Montreal
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 online resource (248 pages)
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
In the summer of 1912, four young scientists sledded across 640km of untracked snow and ice, crossing central Greenland from west to east for the first time. This minor classic of exploration literature by the expedition's leader, Alfred de Quervain, is a sympathetic portrayal of life in remote coastal settlements in the early twentieth century.
Cover -- ACROSS GREENLAND'S ICE CAP -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface to This Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Alfred de Quervain's Scientific Legacy: An Appraisal -- About the Colour Plates -- A Note on the Text -- ACROSS GREENLAND'S ICE CAP -- Translators' Foreword -- Author's Preface -- 1 Plans and Preparations -- 2 The Sea Voyage -- 3 Old Friends -- 4 The Dog School -- 5 Northward with the Fox -- 6 Crossing the Rock Border -- 7 To the Inland Ice Lake -- 8 Over the Top of Greenland's Firn Region -- 9 Eastern Mountains Ahead! -- 10 To Angmagssalik by Umiak -- 11 With the Eastern Eskimos -- 12 Return via Iceland: Scientific Results -- The Summer of the Western Party -- A Winter in Greenland -- About the Authors, Translators, and Editors -- Index.
Cover -- ACROSS GREENLAND'S ICE CAP -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface to This Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Alfred de Quervain's Scientific Legacy: An Appraisal -- About the Colour Plates -- A Note on the Text -- ACROSS GREENLAND'S ICE CAP -- Translators' Foreword -- Author's Preface -- 1 Plans and Preparations -- 2 The Sea Voyage -- 3 Old Friends -- 4 The Dog School -- 5 Northward with the Fox -- 6 Crossing the Rock Border -- 7 To the Inland Ice Lake -- 8 Over the Top of Greenland's Firn Region -- 9 Eastern Mountains Ahead! -- 10 To Angmagssalik by Umiak -- 11 With the Eastern Eskimos -- 12 Return via Iceland: Scientific Results -- The Summer of the Western Party -- A Winter in Greenland -- About the Authors, Translators, and Editors -- Index.
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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2022-07-28
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2023-04-12
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