The marvelous wonders of the Polar world: being a complete and authentic history of voyages and discoveries in the Polar regions, including the expeditions of Sir John Franklin, Lieut. Dehaven, Dr. Kane, Dr. Hayes, Admiral Rogers, Capt. Hall : Lieut. Schwatka's three-thousand-mile sledge journey : the cruise and loss of the Jeannette, the fate of Delong, and resue of Danenhower and Melville : closing with a full history of the Greely Expedition, being a record of unparalleled adventure, suffering and death
Arctic explorations -- Antarctic explorations. from the narratives of Lieut. Greely . [et al.] and other gallant heroes who faced death that the world might know the mysteries of the Polar regions . the whole carefully edited by Herman Dieck. "To which is added a full account of that appalling...
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1885
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Online Access: | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:1463717 http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/dl/expeditions/004632841 |
Summary: | Arctic explorations -- Antarctic explorations. from the narratives of Lieut. Greely . [et al.] and other gallant heroes who faced death that the world might know the mysteries of the Polar regions . the whole carefully edited by Herman Dieck. "To which is added a full account of that appalling horror, cannibalism, as taken from the diaries of the members of the Greely Expedition." "Profusely illustrated with scenes and incidents in the Polar regions and portraits of Arctic heroes from original sketches and photographs." |
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