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Expedition Relics from High Arctic Greenland

Author : Peter R. Dawes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788763546867
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book Expedition Relics from High Arctic Greenland written by Peter R. Dawes and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Euro-American explorers reached northernmost Greenland in the mid-19th century. Remoteness, desolate tundra, and persistent sea ice have ensured that many historic sites from early (non-Inuit) exploration remained undisturbed by man. Moreover, as the result of the dry polar climate, the physical remains from these expeditions - even cloth, leather, and paper - are generally well preserved. The hundred and two objects registered and described in this book were discovered at thirty-two sites stretching from Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean. They derive from nineteen American, British and Danish expeditions of geographical discovery that reached Greenland between 1853 and 1934. Ranging from commonplace to borderline unique, the artefacts give an insight to conditions, life and mere survival on these expeditions, an insight that adds authenticity to the written annals and to a history that is truly dramatic with at least fifty men losing their lives. Beautifully illustrated with no less than 600 images comprising maps, portraits, scenes from the historic sites and superb artefact photography, this book will appeal not just to students of historical archaeology, but to all interested in the exploration of the polar regions."--

Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada

Author : Robert McGhee
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772820873
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada written by Robert McGhee and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Port Refuge is a small bay on the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, in the High Arctic. Archaeological work between 1972 and 1977 recovered remains of several prehistoric occupations of this area, which are ascribed to the Independence I, Pre-Dorset, Independence II/early Dorset, late Dorset and Thule cultures. This report describes the archaeological material relating to the early Arctic Small Tool tradition occupations.

Literature of Travel and Exploration

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135456631
Total Pages : 1425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration written by Jennifer Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845

Author : Stephen Zorn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476651140
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845 written by Stephen Zorn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845 is perhaps the greatest disaster in the history of exploration--all 129 men vanished, as did the expedition's two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror. Over the next 150 years, searchers found bones, clothing and a variety of relics. Inuit narratives provided some of the details of what happened to the frozen, starving sailors after they deserted their ice-locked ships in 1848. Then, in 2014 and 2016, Canadian researchers found the sunken wrecks, not far from the bleak, windswept King William Island in the Arctic. At last, the mystery of the Franklin Expedition would be solved. Or would it? This book pulls together the various searchers' discoveries; the many recent scientific studies that shed light on when, how and why the men died (and whether, in extremis, they ate each other); and illuminates what we know, and what we don't and may never know, about the fate of the expedition.

Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781579584252
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F written by Jennifer Speake and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe

Author : Bjarne Grønnow
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788763512626
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe written by Bjarne Grønnow and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important part of the heritage of Count Eigil Knuth (1903-1996) is his archaeological archive contaning contextual information on prehistoric sites gathered during six decades of research in High Arctic Greenland. The finds and observations are a key to the understanding of human life under extreme conditions in a long-term perspective and represent a unique piece of evidence concerning the early cultural history of the Eastern Arctic. Knuth's expeditions from 1932 to 1995 took him to Greenland and Canada, in particular High Arctic Greenland. In a number of important articles Knuth published the findings dating back to the earliest human settlement in Greenland. However, he never managed to present the complete body of information and results from his many investigations. The present authors have thus compiled a computer database on the basis on his archive, which constitutes the starting point of the present book. The book focuses on Knuth's most substantial contribution to archaeology: the prehistory of Peary Land and adjacent areas. In the catalog, emphasis has been placed on topographical and architectural information, site structure, artefact statistics and radiocarbon dates. A total of 154 archaeological sites are presented. Fifty-one sites with a total of 244 features are Independence I sites (c. 2460-1860 cal. BC), twenty-three sites with a total of 416 features belong to Independence II (c. 900-400 cal. BC) and sixty-three sites with a total of 626 features are of Thule origin (c. 1400-1500 ca. AD). This study presents some new information on the faunal material from Peary Land based on Christyann Darwent's recent analyses as well as new data on the dwelling features on the Adam C. Knuth Site, which was visited by a multidisciplinary team in 2001. It also offers an introduction presenting an overview and evaluation of Knuth's remarkable curriculum vitae as an independent arctic archaeologist. In the concluding chapters some basic statistics on the archaeological sites are presented. We evaluate Knuth's radiocarbon datings of the Independence I, Independence II and Thule cultures in High Arctic Greenland, and settlement distributions and settlement patterns for the three cultures represented in Peary Land are discussed.

Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland

Author : J.C.H. King
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773573283
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland written by J.C.H. King and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Arctic, sea and land animals provide the raw materials for garments that allow people to hunt and survive in the world's harshest conditions.

The Geographical Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.

Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition

Author : Richard J. Cyriax
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition written by Richard J. Cyriax and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Centennial Exposition, Described and Illustrated

Author : J. S. Ingram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Centennial Exposition, Described and Illustrated written by J. S. Ingram and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition

Author : James D. McCabe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition written by James D. McCabe and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inuit Art

Author : Richard C. Crandall
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786407118
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Inuit Art written by Richard C. Crandall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inuit--sometimes referred to as Eskimo--art is the primary art form of Canada and has a large international following, particularly in the United States, Japan, and Germany. Despite its popularity, the complete history of Inuit art has never been presented. This is the first chronological synthesis of Inuit art, following its development from prehistory, through early American and European exploration, to the recognition of Inuit art as a commercial possibility, and up to the present. There is a particular emphasis on contemporary art and artists, and the years 1950 through 1997 are each given separate, detailed treatment in regard to important shows and events. This history is appropriate both for the beginning admirer of Inuit art and for those already well immersed in it.

Limits of the Known

Author : David Roberts
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393609871
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Limits of the Known written by David Roberts and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you’ve run out of Saint-Exupéry and miss the eloquent power of his work, then you are ready to read David Roberts.” —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why David Roberts has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. In Limits of the Known, he reflects on humanity’s—and his own—relationship to exploration and extreme risk. Part memoir and part history, this book tries to make sense of why so many have committed their lives to the desperate pursuit of adventure. What compelled Eric Shipton to return, five times, to the ridges of Mt. Everest, plotting the mountain’s most treacherous territory years before Hillary and Tenzing’s famous ascent? What drove Bill Stone to dive 3,000 feet underground into North America’s deepest cave? And what is the future of adventure in a world we have mapped and trodden from end to end? In the wake of his diagnosis with throat cancer, Roberts seeks answers with new urgency and “penetrating self-analysis” (Booklist).

The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition, Held in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence

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Author : James D. McCabe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition, Held in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence written by James D. McCabe and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated

Author : J. S. Ingram
Publisher : Philadelphia ; Springfield, Mass., [etc.] : Hubbard Bros.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated written by J. S. Ingram and published by Philadelphia ; Springfield, Mass., [etc.] : Hubbard Bros.. This book was released on 1876 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including history of the Centennial from inception to final closing ceremonies, description of the principal buildings, foreign pavilions, booths and state buildings, with their interesting displays, exhibits of resources and products of the nations of the world; the most ingenious devices in Machinery Hall, woman's work in Woman's Pavilion, mineralogical, archaeological and geological collections from all states of the Union, the wonders of the Swiss watch department, the Centennial live stock exhibition, memorial parades and anniversaries of various orders, great state days, awards to exhibitors foreign and American, and numerous other subjects showing the magnitude and character of the New World's Fair, and illustrating the best achievements of human genius, industry and skill from all lands and all peoples.

Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux

Author : Charles Francis Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux written by Charles Francis Hall and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]

Author : William James Mills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576074234
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] written by William James Mills and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.