Search Results - "North Pole"

North Pole, South Pole : a guide to the ecology and resources of the Arctic and Antarctic by Stonehouse, Bernard

Ninety degrees North : the quest for the North Pole 1st American ed. by Fleming, Fergus, 1959-

Subjects: “…North Pole Discovery and exploration.…”

Locked in ice : Nansen's daring quest for the North Pole First edition. by Lourie, Peter

Contents: “…pt. 1: Fridtjof Nansen and his dream 1861-1893 -- Young skier -- The Viking and first Arctic ice -- Bergen and a daring trek over the mountains -- Greenland -- Eva -- Nansen sets his sights on the North Pole -- The plan: follow the Jeannette -- Building an ice ship -- A crew of twelve -- pt. 2: The journey North -- June 24, 1893--March 14, 1894 -- Leaving home -- The Fram locked in ice -- Life aboard the Fram: the adventure and monotony of being stuck in ice -- Science aboard -- Decision to leave the ship -- pt. 3: Outfitting for a two-man dash -- February 1895 -- Preparations -- Tent -- Clothing -- Double sleeping bag -- Sleds, kayaks, and guns -- Cook kit and medicine -- Instruments for navigation -- pt. 4: Onto the ice -- March 14--April 6, 1895 -- Each mile a new record -- The cold -- First dog to die -- The ice, the routine, the dogs -- Cracking ice and opening leads -- Desperate work -- Farthest North -- pt. 5: Turning South -- April 8--May 31, 1895 -- Calculations -- Thin ice and burning the third sled -- Birthday, narwhals, and bear tracks -- The birds come back -- pt. 6: To the kayaks -- June 1--July 22, 1895 -- Mending the kayaks -- Water sky, the color of hope -- One dog left for Nansen, two for Johansen -- Salvation is a seal -- Seal-blood pancakes and tent on fire -- First bear -- Departing homesick camp -- pt. 7: Land at last -- July 25--August 15, 1895 -- "We shall reach it today!" …”

Fatal north : adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole by Henderson, Bruce, 1946-

The big nail; the story of the Cook-Peary feud by Wright, Theon

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Cook & Peary : the polar controversy, resolved 1st ed. by Bryce, Robert M.

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To the edges of the Earth : 1909, the race for the three poles, and the climax of the age of exploration First edition. by Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)

Contents: “…Preface: The wonderful year 1909 -- The aristocracy of adventure, circa 1909 -- The audacity of adventure, circa 1909 -- The allure of adventure, circa 1909 -- The great game -- The Peary way -- Beyond the screaming sixties -- The savage North -- Poles apart -- On top of the world -- The third pole -- Returnings -- The last biscuit.…”

Hell on ice; the saga of the "Jeannette" by Ellsberg, Edward, 1891-1983

Works of Jules Verne by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Contents: “…Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North pole.--v. 3. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The desert of ice. …”

The ice at the end of the world : an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future First edition. by Gertner, Jon

The flight of the Eagle First American edition. by Sundman, Per Olof, 1922-1992

The Arctic Ocean region

Contents: “…Historical background; exploration, concepts, and observations -- Structure and dynamics of the Arctic Ocean ice cover -- Arctic Ocean ice cover; geologic history and climatic significance -- Bathymetry and physiography -- Seismicity and focal mechanisms of the Arctic region and the North American plate boundary in Asia -- Gravity from 64 [degrees] N to the North Pole -- Magnetic anomalies -- Geothermal observations in the Arctic region -- Seismic reflection and refraction -- The North American plate boundary -- The east Greeland shelf -- The north Greenland continental margin -- The continental margin northwest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands -- Canadian Beaufort Sea and adjacent land areas -- Geology of the Arctic continental margin of Alaska -- The Arctic continental margin of eastern Siberia -- Ridges and basins in the central Arctic Ocean -- Chukchi borderland -- The Norwegian-Greenland Sea -- Eurasia basin -- Canada basin -- Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleogeographic and paleoclimatic history of.…”

The adventure gap : changing the face of the outdoors by Mills, James Edward, 1966-