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The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the poleWright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

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The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole

Name: The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole
Author: Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

Arctic regions; North Pole

magazine; Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, London, for a selection from
“German Arctic Expeditions”; Charles Scribner’s Sons for a selection
from Schwatka’s “Search,” Greely’s “Three Years’ Arctic Service,” and
Schley’s “Rescue of Greely”; F. A. Stokes Company for permission to
reproduce illustrations from Commander Peary’s work, “The North Pole,”
and for the loan of photographs; and to the same company for selections
from Andrée’s “Balloon Expedition” and Peary’s “Northward over the Great
Ice.”




CONTENTS


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                                CHAPTER I

    Early adventurers. Pytheas.—Dicuil.—Other.—Wulfstan.—The
    Norsemen.—Iva Bardsen.—The Cabots.—The Cortereals.—Willoughby
    and Chancellor.—Stephen Burrough.—Niccolò Zeno.—Frobisher.—Pet
    and Jackman.—Sir Humphrey Gilbert.—Davis.—Barentz                    1

                               CHAPTER II

    Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
    Hudson.—Baffin.—Deshneff.—Behring.—Schalaroff.—Tchitschagof.—Anjou
    and Von Wrangell.—Phipps                                            18

                               CHAPTER III

    Early nineteenth century. Ross and Parry, May 3, 1818. Object
    of voyage, search for Northwest Passage through Davis Strait
    and explore bays and channels described by Baffin.—Met natives
    near Melville Bay.—The discovery by Ross of the famous Crimson
    Cliffs.—Enters Lancaster Sound.—Advance barred by imaginary
    Crocker Mountains.—Return of expedition to England.—Buchan
    and Franklin North Polar expedition _via_ Greenland and
    Spitzbergen.—_Dorothea_ and _Trent_ in Magdalena Bay, June
    3, 1818.—Reached high latitude of 80° 37´ N.—Course directed
    to east coast of Greenland.—Disastrous battle with the
    ice.—_Dorothea_ disabled.—Hasty return to England                   29

                               CHAPTER IV

    1819-1827. Parry’s first voyage.—Object, to survey
    Lancaster Sound and prove the non-existence of Crocker
    Mountains.—Discovery of new lands.—Parry Islands.—Attains
    longitude 110° W., thereby winning the bounty of five
    thousand pounds offered by Parliament.—Winters near Melville
    Island. Second voyage.—Ships _Hecla_ and _Fury_.—Examines
    Duke of York Bay and Frozen Strait of Middleton.—Winters
    off Lyon Inlet.—Sledge journeys.—Object, to make Northwest
    Passage _via_ Prince Regent Inlet.—Reached Port Bowen.—Ten
    months’ imprisonment.—Destruction of the _Fury_.—Hasty
    return to England. Fourth voyage.—Purpose to reach the Pole
    _via_ Spitzbergen with sledge boats over ice.—_Hecla_ as
    transport.—Parry’s farthest 82° 45´ N. reached, June 23, 1827       41

                                CHAPTER V

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