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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-

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

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Into the unknown : how great explorers found their way by land, sea, and air 1st U.S. ed. by Ross, Stewart

Contents: “…Fourteen amazing journeys: 340 BC Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle -- AD 1003 Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America -- 1271-1274 Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China -- 1405-1407 Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean -- 1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean -- 1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world -- 1768-1771 Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean -- 1858-1864 David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River -- 1895 Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa -- 1928 Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole -- 1932 Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere -- 1960 Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep -- 1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest -- 1969 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the moon.…”

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

The Oxford companion to world exploration

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