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Baldwin, E: The Franz Josef Land Archipelago
Autor: E. B. Baldwin
Franz Josef Land is a forbidding place, isolated by geography and history. Lying above the Arctic Circle in the northernmost province of Russia, this remote series of islands was discovered by Westerners only in 1873, and remains little known today. Chicago... Viac o knihe
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Franz Josef Land is a forbidding place, isolated by geography and history. Lying above the Arctic Circle in the northernmost province of Russia, this remote series of islands was discovered by Westerners only in 1873, and remains little known today. Chicago journalist Walter Wellman led the first American expedition to the archipelago as part of a polar expedition in 1898-1899. His second-in-command, a man named Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, kept a journal documenting their trip. Previously unpublished, it reveals much about one of the last great periods of exploration. Baldwin's journal paints a more realistic picture of the expedition than did Wellman's communiques sent home for mass consumption. Correspondence between Baldwin and Wellman is included, and expedition notes list the supplies carried, descriptions of geographic features observed in the course of the trip, and the doctor's notes on treatments, remedies and supplies.
- Vydavateľstvo: McFarland
- Rok vydania: 2004
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9780786417766
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