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Across Greenland's Ice Cap

Author : Alfred de Quervain
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 022801266X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Across Greenland's Ice Cap written by Alfred de Quervain and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As polar exploration reached its zenith, and in the same month that Captain Robert Falcon Scott perished in Antarctica, four young scientists from Zurich took ship for Greenland. Though they had little previous experience of arctic travel, their ambition was to achieve the first west-to-east crossing of the northern hemisphere’s largest ice cap, making scientific observations along the way. Few outside Switzerland have heard of this expedition or its leader, the meteorologist Alfred de Quervain, in spite of its success. In thirty-one days in the summer of 1912, the party sledded across 640 kilometres of untracked snow and ice. Nobody died or fell into a crevasse, although there were some near misses. The voyage was more than a well-executed feat of arctic travel: de Quervain and his colleagues collected data still used today by scientists researching the effects of climate change on Greenland’s ice cap. De Quervain’s popular account of his adventures, published in German in 1914, is both a minor classic of exploration literature and a sympathetic portrayal of life in Greenland’s remote coastal settlements in the early twentieth century. Published to coincide with the expedition’s 110th anniversary, Across Greenland’s Ice Cap includes the explorer’s original text, translated into English by his daughter and son-in-law; a historical and biographical introduction by Martin Hood; reflections on the journey’s scientific legacy by the geographers Andreas Vieli and Martin Lüthi; and a treasure trove of hand-tinted lantern slides reproduced in full colour.

Across Greenland's Ice-fields

Author : Mary Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary On the Great Ice-Cap

Author : Mary Douglas
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019084021
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Northward Over the "great Ice"

Author : Robert Edwin Peary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Northward Over the "great Ice" written by Robert Edwin Peary and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northward Over the Great Ice

Author : Robert Edwin Peary
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781345102703
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Northward Over the Great Ice written by Robert Edwin Peary and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Northward Over the "great Ice"

Author : Robert Edwin Peary
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Total Pages : 610 pages
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Across the Greenland Ice-cap. [With Plates, Illustrations and a Map.].

Author : Noel Andrew Cotton Croft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Across the Greenland Ice-cap. [With Plates, Illustrations and a Map.]. written by Noel Andrew Cotton Croft and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Greenland Ice Cap

Author : Børge Fristrup
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Greenland Ice Cap written by Børge Fristrup and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description, history and scientific findings concerning the Greenland ice cap.

Across Greenland's Ice-Fields; the Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap

Author : Mary Douglas
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230256610
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Across Greenland's Ice-Fields; the Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap written by Mary Douglas and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII. THE ICE CLAIMS A VICTIM. AFTER the return of Gibson and Cook from the Inland Ice, life at Redcliffe went on most uneventfully for some weeks; in fact, almost the onlyvariation from the usual routine was that Matt's frozen heel took an unfavourable turn, and kept him a prisoner for some days. Verhoeff gave unremitting attention to his scientific work, and seldom went very far from the house, but the doctor and Gibson made a ten days' hunting excursion up the bay; luck, however, did not attend them, and, much to the disappointment of their companions, who were reduced to an unpalatable diet of seal-meat, they came back without any game whatever. Towards the middle of July a slight sensation occurred, for one morning Matt declared that he had overheard two of the Eskimos plotting to kill some one ---he was not sure who was to be the victim, but (600) 14 thought it might be himself. He was considerablyalarmed, and promptly communicated his fears to Cook, who also thought seriously of the supposed plot. Mrs. Peary heard them talking, and insisted on knowing what was the matter, but much to the doctor's annoyance, when she heard the tale, she burst out laughing, for so far the natives had been extremely gentle and friendly. Besides, she remembered that three of them had left Redcliffe on the previous day, which hardly looked as though they were hatching a dangerous plot against the whites, whom they certainly regarded as superior to themselves; and further, even supposing that they had any such design, and elected to discuss it close to the house, she very much doubted whether Matt understood their language sufficiently to form a correct opinion of anything he might chance to overhear. All things considered, she saw no special...

Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

Author : David Roberts
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393868125
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap written by David Roberts and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the “dean of adventure writing.” By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed “Gino”), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious expedition to the east coast of Greenland and into its vast and forbidding interior to set up a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, 8,200 feet above sea level. The Ice Cap Station was to be the anchor of a transpolar route of air travel from Europe to North America. The weather on the ice cap was appalling. Fierce storms. Temperatures plunging lower than –50° Fahrenheit in the winter. Watkins’s scheme called for rotating teams of two men each to monitor the station for two months at a time. No one had ever tried to winter over in that hostile landscape, let alone manage a weather station through twelve continuous months. Watkins was younger than anyone under his command. But he had several daring trips to the Arctic under his belt and no one doubted his judgement. The first crisis came in the fall when a snowstorm stranded a resupply mission halfway to the top for many weeks. When they arrived at the ice cap, there were not enough provisions and fuel for another two-man shift, so the station would have to be abandoned. Then team member August Courtauld made an astonishing offer. To enable the mission to go forward, he would monitor the station solo through the winter. When a team went up in March to relieve Courtauld, after weeks of brutal effort to make the 130-mile journey, they could find no trace of him or the station. By the end of March, Courtauld’s situation was desperate. He was buried under an immovable load of frozen snow and was disastrously short on supplies. On April 21, four months after Courtauld began his solitary vigil, Gino Watkins set out inland with two companions to find and rescue him. David Roberts, “veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures” (Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the epic survival ordeal that ensued.

Across Greenland's Ice-Fields

Author : Mary Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331993131
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Across Greenland's Ice-Fields written by Mary Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap The record of polar discovery teems with romantic stories of adventure, the relation of which is most useful as a means of preserving an interest among us in the exploration of the unknown parts of our globe, and of arousing that spirit of emulation which, in the years that are gone, built up the greatness of our country. Richard Hakluyt wrote "the prose epic of the British nation." He preserved, for future generations, a record of the mighty deeds of gallant adventurers which would otherwise have been forgotten. He set an example which, fortunately for our country, has been followed, century after century, by many diligent compilers. Their labours are most valuable, for they spread and make popular a branch of knowledge than which none is more important. "Across Greenland's Ice-Fields" is a volume which well serves this useful purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Greenland Ice Cap Research Program

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Across Greenland's Ice-Fields

Author : M. Douglas
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780649036752
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Across Greenland's Ice-Fields written by M. Douglas and published by Trieste Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.

The Ice at the End of the World

Author : Jon Gertner
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812986547
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Ice at the End of the World written by Jon Gertner and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change “Jon Gertner takes readers to spots few journalists or even explorers have visited. The result is a gripping and important book.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Christian Science Monitor • Library Journal Greenland: a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000. The ice sheet that covers it is 700 miles wide and 1,500 miles long, and is composed of nearly three quadrillion tons of ice. For the last 150 years, explorers and scientists have sought to understand Greenland—at first hoping that it would serve as a gateway to the North Pole, and later coming to realize that it contained essential information about our climate. Locked within this vast and frozen white desert are some of the most profound secrets about our planet and its future. Greenland’s ice doesn’t just tell us where we’ve been. More urgently, it tells us where we’re headed. In The Ice at the End of the World, Jon Gertner explains how Greenland has evolved from one of earth’s last frontiers to its largest scientific laboratory. The history of Greenland’s ice begins with the explorers who arrived here at the turn of the twentieth century—first on foot, then on skis, then on crude, motorized sleds—and embarked on grueling expeditions that took as long as a year and often ended in frostbitten tragedy. Their original goal was simple: to conquer Greenland’s seemingly infinite interior. Yet their efforts eventually gave way to scientists who built lonely encampments out on the ice and began drilling—one mile, two miles down. Their aim was to pull up ice cores that could reveal the deepest mysteries of earth’s past, going back hundreds of thousands of years. Today, scientists from all over the world are deploying every technological tool available to uncover the secrets of this frozen island before it’s too late. As Greenland’s ice melts and runs off into the sea, it not only threatens to affect hundreds of millions of people who live in coastal areas. It will also have drastic effects on ocean currents, weather systems, economies, and migration patterns. Gertner chronicles the unfathomable hardships, amazing discoveries, and scientific achievements of the Arctic’s explorers and researchers with a transporting, deeply intelligent style—and a keen sense of what this work means for the rest of us. The melting ice sheet in Greenland is, in a way, an analog for time. It contains the past. It reflects the present. It can also tell us how much time we might have left.

When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

Author : Paul Bierman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324020687
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future written by Paul Bierman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Bierman’s realization that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet. In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland’s ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago. The remote island’s ice was far more fragile than scientists had realized—unstable even without human interference. In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this extraordinary finding, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. A longtime researcher in Greenland, he begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological, explaining how over the last century scientists have learned to read the historical record in ice, deciphering when volcanoes exploded and humans started driving cars fueled by leaded gasoline. For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built inside Greenland’s ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets—ancient warmth and melted ice. Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland’s ice will catalyze devastating events if we don’t change course and address climate change now.

Greenland Ice Cap Research Program, Studies Completed in 1954

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
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The First Crossing of Greenland

Author : Fridtjof Nansen
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780343768911
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The First Crossing of Greenland written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.