New Lands within the Arctic Circle
This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841–1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139151573 2024-03-03T08:41:37+00:00 New Lands within the Arctic Circle Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in the Years 1872–1874 Payer, Julius von 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139151573 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781139151573 9781108041454 monograph 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139151573 2024-02-08T08:30:23Z This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841–1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 2 describes the crew's exploration of Franz-Josef Land by sledge, and their survival by means of bear-hunting, rationing of food, and making clothes from animal skins, in severe weather conditions, and encountering the challenges posed by icebergs and glaciers, until they were able to make their way to safety. The work contains both maps and paintings, the latter by von Payer himself. Book Arctic Franz Josef Land Iceberg* North Pole Cambridge University Press Arctic North Pole Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Cambridge |
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This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841–1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 2 describes the crew's exploration of Franz-Josef Land by sledge, and their survival by means of bear-hunting, rationing of food, and making clothes from animal skins, in severe weather conditions, and encountering the challenges posed by icebergs and glaciers, until they were able to make their way to safety. The work contains both maps and paintings, the latter by von Payer himself. |
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