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New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874Payer, Julius

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New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874

Name: New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874
Author: Payer, Julius

Payer, Julius

Admiral Tegetthoff (Ship); Arctic regions; Franz Josef Land (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration

1. Within the frozen ocean.—2. The sea of Novaya Zemlya.—3. We
  continue our course by steam.—4. The decay of ice.—5. Effects
  of light.—6. We meet the _Isbjörn_.—8-10. The Barentz Islands
  described by Professor Höfer.—11. Preparations for future
  contests with the ice.—12. Inclosed in the land-ice.—13. We
  celebrate the birthday of Francis Joseph I.—14. Our prospects do
  not improve.—15. The _Tegetthoff_ finally beset.

                              CHAPTER III.

  DRIFTING IN THE NOVAYA ZEMLYA SEAS                         _page_ 93-100

  1. Winter begins.—2. The impossibility of reaching the coast of
  Siberia.—3. Unsuccessful efforts to get free.—4. The name-day of
  the Emperor Francis Joseph I.—5. Encounters with polar bears.—6.
  A “snow-finch” visits the ship.—7. Novaya Zemlya recedes
  gradually from our gaze.

                               CHAPTER IV.

  THE “TEGETTHOFF” FAST BESET IN THE ICE                    _page_ 101-113

  1. Signs indicate the insecurity of our position.—2. A dreadful
  Sunday.—3. We make ready to abandon the ship.—4. The dogs.—5.
  We return to the ship.—6. We drift in the Frozen Sea.—7. Our
  alarms.—8. Our constant state of readiness to meet destruction.

                               CHAPTER V.

  OUR FIRST WINTER (1872) IN THE ICE                        _page_ 114-125

  1. Surrounded by deep twilight.—2. Our preparations for
  winter.—3. The difficulty of sledge-travelling.—4. Sumbu mistaken
  for a fox—5. The rending of the ice.—6. Our short expeditions.—7.
  The continual threatening of the ice.—8. A bear shot.—9. The
  effect of the long Polar night.—10. The middle of the long
  night.—11. Christmas feasts.—12. The first hour of the new
  year.—13. The dogs allowed in the cabin.—14. Carlsen writes in
  the log-book.

                               CHAPTER VI.

  LIFE ON BOARD THE “TEGETTHOFF”                            _page_ 126-138

  1. The _Tegetthoff_ covered with snow.—2. The excessive
  condensation of moisture.—3. The destruction of the snow wall.—4.
  The removal of the tent roof.—5. The stove of Meidingen of
  Carlsruhe.—6. The arrangements of the officers’ mess-room.—7.
  Those who occupied the mess-room.—8. Our meals.—9. Divine service
  on deck.—10. After dinner.—11. The monotony of our life.—12.
  After supper.—13. Middendorf contrasting the influence of climate
  on men.—14. Our sanitary condition.—15. Baths.—16. Passages from
  my journal.—17. A school instituted.

                              CHAPTER VII.

  ICE-PRESSURES                                             _page_ 139-142

  1. Preparations for leaving the ship.—2. Extracts from journal.

                              CHAPTER VIII.

  THE WANE OF THE LONG POLAR NIGHT                          _page_ 143-148

  1. The light increases.—2. A bear hunt.—3. Table of the course of
  the _Tegetthoff_.—4. Throw out bottles inclosing an account of
  the events of the expedition.

                               CHAPTER IX.

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New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874

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