Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875 6 in Hm Ships Alert and Discovery

Zusammenfassung Written by expedition commander George Nares, this 1878 two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition's attempt to reach the North Pole. Volume 2 describes the perilous return journey. It includes extensive appendices, giving details of the expedition's scientific discoveries, and features a cumulative index.

Klappentext

Published in 1878, this two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition's attempt to reach the North Pole.

Inhalt

1. Anxiety about Aldrich's party; 2. Decide to return south; 3. Greenland party attacked with scurvy; 4. Leave Floeberg Beach; 5. Rich vegetation; 6. We leave Smith Sound; Appendix: 1. Ethnology H. W. Feilden; 2. Mammalia H. W. Feilden; 3. Ornithology H. W. Feilden; 4. Ichthylogy Albert Günther; 5. Mollusca Edgar A. Smith; 6. Insecta and Arachnida Robert McLachlan; 7. Crustacea Edward J. Miers; 8. Annelida W. C. McIntosh; 9. Echinodermata P. Martin Duncan; 10. Polyzoa George Busk; 11. Hydrozoa George J. Allman; 12. Spongida H. J. Carter; 13. Rhizopoda Reticularia Henry B. Brady; 14. Botany Joseph D. Hooker; 15. Geology C. E. de Rance, H. W. Feilden; 16. Report on Petermann Glacier Richard W. Coppinger; 17. Game list; 18. Meteorological abstract; 19. Abstract of results obtained from the tidal observations Samuel Haughton; Index.