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Author : Ragnar Axelsson
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783969000076
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Artic Heroes written by Ragnar Axelsson and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greenland Dog is one of the greatest heroes of the Arctic, but his fate is uncertain.
Author : A.W Greely
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752331410
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book True Tales of Artic Heroism in the New World written by A.W Greely and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: True Tales of Artic Heroism in the New World by A.W Greely
Author : Mark Piesing
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062851543
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)
Download or read book N-4 Down written by Mark Piesing and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia—code-named N-4—was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history. Helping lead the search was Roald Amundsen, the poles’ greatest explorer, who himself soon went missing in the frozen wastes. Amundsen’s body has never been found, the last victim of one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries . . . During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age. Germany’s luxurious Graf Zeppelin would run passenger service from Germany to Brazil; Britain’s Imperial Airship was launched to connect an empire; in America, the iconic spire of the rising Empire State Building was designed as a docking tower for airships. But the novel mode of transport offered something else, too: a new frontier of exploration. Whereas previous Arctic and Antarctic explorers had subjected themselves to horrific—often deadly—conditions in their attempts to reach uncharted lands, airships held out the possibility of speedily soaring over the hazards. In 1926, the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen—the first man to reach the South Pole—partnered with the Italian airship designer General Umberto Nobile to pioneer flight over the North Pole. As Mark Piesing uncovers in this masterful account, while that mission was thought of as a great success, it was in fact riddled with near disasters and political pitfalls. In May 1928, his relationship with Amundsen corroded beyond the point of collaboration, Nobile, his dog, and a crew of fourteen Italians, one Swede, and one Czech, set off on their own in the airship Italia to discover new lands in the Arctic Circle and to become the first airship to land men on the pole. But near the North Pole they hit a terrible storm and crashed onto the ice. Six crew members were never seen again; the injured (including Nobile) took refuge on ice flows,unprepared for the wretched conditions and with little hope for survival. Coincidentally, in Oslo a gathering of famous Arctic explorers had assembled for a celebration of the first successful flight from Alaska to Norway. Hearing of the accident, Amundsen set off on his own desperate attempt to find Nobile and his men. As the weeks passed and the largest international polar rescue expedition mobilized, the survivors engaged in a last-ditch struggle against weather, polar bears, and despair. When they were spotted at last, the search plane landed—but the pilot announced that there was room for only one passenger. . . . Braiding together the gripping accounts of the survivors and their heroic rescuers, N-4 Down tells the unforgettable true story of what happened when the glamour and restless daring of the zeppelin age collided with the harsh reality of earth’s extremes.
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book Arctic Heroes written by Zachariah Atwell Mudge and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781842994931
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (949 download)
Download or read book Arctic Hero written by Catherine Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The incredible story of Mathew Hanson, the African-American explorer who was written out of history - despite being one of the first to reach the North Pole. A fascinating life, a great adventure and a compelling story of prejudice.True stories that are stranger than fiction Forgotten heroes, exciting adventures and fascinating facts guaranteed to appeal to reluctant readers, especially boys Stylish, striking jackets with top quality black white illustrationsReading Age 8 Inter
Author : Z. A. Mudge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385214491
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Arctic Heroes written by Z. A. Mudge and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Alec Wilkinson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307957691
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Ice Balloon written by Alec Wilkinson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration,” Andrée’s expedition was followed by nearly the entire world, and it made him an international legend. The Ice Balloon begins in the late nineteenth century, when nations, compelled by vanity, commerce, and science, competed with one another for the greatest discoveries, and newspapers covered every journey. Wilkinson describes how in Andrée several contemporary themes intersected. He was the first modern explorer—the first to depart for the Arctic unencumbered by notions of the Romantic age, and the first to be equipped with the newest technologies. No explorer had ever left with more uncertainty regarding his fate, since none had ever flown over the horizon and into the forbidding region of ice. In addition to portraying the period, The Ice Balloon gives us a brief history of the exploration of the northern polar regions, both myth and fact, including detailed versions of the two record-setting expeditions just prior to Andrée’s—one led by U.S. Army lieutenant Adolphus Greely from Ellesmere Island; the other by Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian explorer who initially sought to reach the pole by embedding his ship in the pack ice and drifting toward it with the current. Woven throughout is Andrée’s own history, and how he came by his brave and singular idea. We also get to know Andrée’s family, the woman who loves him, and the two men who accompany him—Nils Strindberg, a cousin of the famous playwright, with a tender love affair of his own, and Knut Fraenkel, a willing and hearty young man. Andrée’s flight and the journey, based on the expedition’s diaries and photographs, dramatically recovered thirty-three years after the balloon came down, along with Wilkinson’s research, provide a book filled with suspense and adventure, a haunting story of high ambition and courage, made tangible with the detail, beauty, and devastating conditions of traveling and dwelling in “the realm of Death,” as one Arctic explorer put it.
Author : Mark McCrum
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 1405519630
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Harry's Arctic Heroes written by Mark McCrum and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 2011, four soldiers - each a veteran of recent conflicts, who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on an extraordinary challenge: a two-hundred mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole. Joined by patron Prince Harry, the charity founders, a polar guide and a film crew, the team achieved their goal despite facing hurdles an able-bodied athlete would baulk at, and having seen their resilience tested to the limit. They returned with a story that proves strength of mind can be every bit as powerful as strength of body, and as an inspiration to us all.
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385365570
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Arctic Heroes. Facts and Incidents of Arctic Explorations From the Earliest Voyages to the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin Embracing Sketches of Commercial and Religious Results written by Zachariah Atwell Mudge and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789935420404
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Faces of the North written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Faces of the North established Ragnar 'RAX' Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. This long-awaited second edition--the result of more than 30 years of documenting the lives of hunters, fishermen, and farmers in the North--doubles the original selection with previously unpublished photographs from RAX's collection, alongside personal accounts of the journeys which led to their creation. The result is a rare testament to cultures across Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland; to worlds and ways of life that, if not for the photographs, have all but vanished. Raised on an isolated farm in southern Iceland, Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958) became captivated early on by the brutal beauty of the North Atlantic and the delicate interactions between its inhabitants and their environment. Born of that fascination, Faces of the North, first published in 2004, established Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. Long out of print, Faces of the North is now republished in an edition that echoes the format of Axelsson's latest publications, Last Days of the Arctic and Behind the Mountains. In the 2004 edition of Faces of the North, Axelsson collected the images of farmers, hunters and fishermen in the Arctic and the Atlantic that he became best known for; in the 2016 edition, his oeuvre comes full circle, as he looks back upon the foundation of his photographic passion and career."--Publisher's website.
Author : Robert Leonard Reid
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 156792350X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Arctic Circle written by Robert Leonard Reid and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2010 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A writer and musician, adventurer and gentleman, Robert Reid writes with passion, insight, and lyricism about the Arctic. His story of discovery will resonate with anyone who has considered the beauty of the wild, the mysteries of the North, and the possibility of its demise. --Book Jacket.
Author : Dennis L. Noble
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 081306323X
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy written by Dennis L. Noble and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Coast Guard’s great heroes and the secret he kept hidden "This is a book of adventure that tells how one man shaped the Alaskan frontier at a crucial time in American history."--Vincent William Patton, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, retired "Diligent research and precise writing reveal the realities of race relations in nineteenth-century America, as well as the dangers, loneliness, and complex relationships of life at sea in that era."--Bernard C. Nalty, author of Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military In the late 1880s, many lives in northern and western maritime Alaska rested in the capable hands of Michael A. Healy (1839-1904), through his service to the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service. Healy arrested lawbreakers, put down mutinies aboard merchant ships, fought the smuggling of illegal liquor and firearms, rescued shipwrecked sailors from a harsh and unforgiving environment, brought medical aid to isolated villages, prevented the wholesale slaughter of marine wildlife, and explored unknown waters and lands. Captain Healy's dramatic feats in the far north were so widely reported that a New York newspaper once declared him the "most famous man in America." But Healy hid a secret that contributed to his legacy as a lonely, tragic figure. In 1896, Healy was brought to trial on charges ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer to endangerment of his vessel for reason of intoxication. As punishment, he was put ashore on half pay with no command and dropped to the bottom of the Captain's list. Eventually, he again rose to his former high position in the service by the time of his death in 1904. Sixty-seven years later, in 1971, the U.S. Coast Guard learned that Healy was born a slave in Georgia who ran away to sea at age fifteen and spent the rest of his life passing for white. This is the rare biography that encompasses both sea adventure and the height of human achievement against all odds.
Author : Frederick Whymper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Heroes of the Arctic and Their Adventures written by Frederick Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763670936
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book The Impossible Rescue written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An extraordinary true adventure tale. . . . Outstanding nonfiction writing that makes history come alive." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted in early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of escape, the whalers had limited provisions on board, and little hope of surviving until warmer temperatures arrived many months later. Here is the incredible story of three men sent by President McKinley to rescue them.
Author : Mitchell Zuckoff
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062133411
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)
Download or read book Frozen in Time written by Mitchell Zuckoff and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on board survived, and the US military launched a daring rescue operation. But after picking up one man, the Grumman Duck amphibious plane flew into a severe storm and vanished. Frozen in Time tells the story of these crashes and the fate of the survivors, bringing vividly to life their battle to endure 148 days of the brutal Arctic winter, until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen brought them to safety. Mitchell Zuckoff takes the reader deep into the most hostile environment on earth, through hurricane-force winds, vicious blizzards, and subzero temperatures. Moving forward to today, he recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc.—led by indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza—who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck’s last flight and recover the remains of its crew. A breathtaking blend of mystery and adventure Mitchell Zuckoff's Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and a tribute to the everyday heroism of the US Coast Guard.
Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0786870974
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book The Ice Master written by Jennifer Niven and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the castaways had no choice but to find solid ground as they struggled against starvation, snow blindness, disease, exposure--and each other. After almost twelve months battling the elements, twelve survivors were rescued, thanks to the heroic efforts of their captain, Bartlett, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot across the ice and through Siberia to find help. Drawing on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, Jennifer Niven re-creates with astonishing accuracy the ill-fated journey and the crews desperate attempts to find a way home.
Author : Anthony Galvin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1629149683
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)
Download or read book The Great Polar Fraud written by Anthony Galvin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans—Frederick Cook and Robert Peary—each claimed to have reached the Pole ahead of him. Devastated, Amundsen famously went south. For years Cook and Peary tried to convince the world of their claims. Finally the National Geographic Society endorsed Peary, and the matter seemed settled. In May 1926 an American airman, Richard Byrd, flew north in a three-engine plane, and returned with a log showing that he had flow exactly over the geographical North Pole, becoming the third man to reach that mythical spot. National Geographic again supported the claim. However, it is now obvious that Peary claimed distances he could not possibly have achieved, and it is doubtful that Cooke, who had a history of fraud, ever got even close to the pole. Byrd flew further north than anyone before, but he did not have the fuel to have made the journey he claimed—his log was falsified. Just three days after Byrd’s flight, Amundsen reenters the story on an airship traveling across the pole from Svalbard to Alaska, unknowingly passing directly over the pole, becoming the true first to reach it—just as he had been the first at the South Pole. The Great Polar Fraud explores the history of the three men who claimed the pole, their claims, and the subsequent doubts of those claims, effectively rewriting the history of polar exploration and putting Amundsen center stage as the rightful conqueror of both poles. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
