A Polar Reconnaissance, being the voyage of the "Isbjorn" to Novaya Zemla in 1879 ... With maps and illustrations. [Edited by C.R. Markham.].
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London :
Kegan Paul & Co.,
1881.
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| Notes: | Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Early English voyages to the north-east; 3. Early Dutch voyages to the north-east; 4. Russian discoveries in Novaya Zemlya; 5. Norwegian explorers in Novaya Zemlya; 6. Austro-Hungarian, Swedish, and Dutch expeditions in modern times; 7. The Isbjoern; 8. First days at sea; 9. Nameless bay; 10. The Matyushin Shar; 11. First attempt to push north frustrated; 12. The Kara sea; 13. Baffled in the Kara sea; 14. Meeting with the 'Willem Barents'; 15. Northward ho! and homeward bound; 16. Valedictory; Appendices; Index. Physical description: xvi. 361 pages ; 8 more |