True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Exploration

Authors: Adolphus W. Greely In Year : 1912

Book Language: English

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Preface
The Loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson
Franklin's Crossing of the Barren Grounds
The Retreat of Ross from the Victory
The Discovery of the Northwest Passage
The Timely Sledge Journey of Bedford Pim
Kane's Rescue of his Freezing Shipmates
How Woon Won Promotion
The Angekok Kalutunah and the Starving Whites
Dr. Rae and the Franklin Mystery
Sonntag's Fatal Sledge Journey
The Heroic Devotion of Lady Jane Franklin
The Marvellous Ice-Drift of Captain Tyson
The Saving of Petersen
Life on an East Greenland Ice-Pack
Parr's Lonely March from the Great Frozen Sea
Relief of American Whalers at Point Barrow
The Missionary's Arctic Trail
Schwatka's Summer Search
The Inuit Survivors of the Stone Age
The Fidelity of Eskimo Brönlund
The Wifely Heroism of Mertuk, the Daughter of Shung-Hu

The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable account of the successes and failures of these early explorers comfortably from the armchair, and learn a lot of history in the processes. - Summary by Carolin