Northward Over the Great Ice : A Narrative of Life and work Along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891–1897, etc Paperback / softback
by Robert E. Peary
Part of the Northward over the Great Ice 2 Volume Set series
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Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920), the distinguished American Arctic explorer, is usually credited as the first person to have reached the geographic North Pole, in 1909.
First published in 1898, this two-volume work recounts Peary's expeditions across the interior ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891–7.
It describes Peary's contacts with the local Inuit tribes and the valuable scientific discoveries he made in geography, and natural history.
Peary also documents the discovery and conveyance to the United States of the Cape York meteorites, from which the Inuit had extracted iron, but whose whereabouts had been a secret.
Volume 2 recounts Peary's later expeditions in Greenland, including a 25-month stay in which he first attempted to reach the North Pole.
Peary's wife, Josephine, who accompanied him on many of his expeditions, gave birth to their daughter less than 900 miles from the Pole in 1893.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:652 pages, 3 Maps; 402 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781108041836
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:652 pages, 3 Maps; 402 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108041836