Arctic Adventure

Author : Peter Freuchen
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787202528

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Arctic Adventure by Peter Freuchen Pdf

Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole—adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way. Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear hunts, enduring starvation, encountering people who had resorted to cannibalism, and the stirring experience of seeing the sun again after three months of winter darkness. Rich in human saga, Freuchen’s warmth, wit, and literary talent make this recollection of real-life adventure stories a stand-out. “Except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time.”—Evelyn Stefansson, The New York Times “[A] formidable and fascinating man”—Harriet Baker, AnOther Richly illustrated throughout with maps and black-and-white photographs.

Author : Jack D. Ives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 1552388298

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Baffin Island by Jack D. Ives Pdf

A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the "golden age" of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada's Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciology. Their fieldwork resulted in vastly increased knowledge of the Far North-from its ice caps and glaciers to its lichens and microfossils. Drawing from the recollections of his Baffin colleagues as well as from his own memories, Ives takes readers on a remarkable adventure, describing the day-to-day experiences of the field teams in the context of both contemporary Arctic research and bureaucratic decision making. Along the way, his narrative illustrates the role played by the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning Line and other northern infrastructure, the crucial importance of his pioneering aerial photography, the unpredictable nature of planes, helicopters, and radios in Arctic regions, and of course, the vast and breathtaking scenery of the North. Baffin Island encompasses both field research and High Arctic adventure. The research trips to Baffin between 1961 and 1967 also served as a vital training ground in polar studies for university students; further, they represented a breakthrough in gender equality in government-sponsored science, thanks to the author's persistence in having women permitted on the teams. The book contains a special section detailing the subsequent professional achievements of the many researchers involved (in addition to the later career moves of Ives himself) and a chapter that delves deeper into the science behind their fieldwork in the North. Readers need not be versed in glaciology, however. Ives has produced a highly readable book that seamlessly combines research and adventure.

Author : Emily Sollinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416938224

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Diego's Arctic Adventure by Emily Sollinger Pdf

In this follow-up to Diegos Animal Science Book, Diego is off to the Arctic to learn all about polar bears, snowy owls, and other animals that live there. This title features a foldout map of the Arctic with two pages of animal stickers to complete scenes. Full color. Consumable.

Author : Sally Isaacs
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781623706074

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Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure by Sally Isaacs Pdf

"A woman and a dog make their way to the magnetic North Pole on foot--the first trip of this nature"--

Author : Willard Price
Publisher : Random House
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780099482277

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Arctic Adventure by Willard Price Pdf

'Adrift in a savage land of ice and snow' Hal and Roger Hunt are colder than they've ever been in their lives, up among the ice floes of Greenland. This harsh land holds many dangers, from killer whales to grizzly bears, but an evil man may turn out to be the deadliest threat the boys have to face.

Author : Skye Waters
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780007359059

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Arctic Adventure (Starlight Snowdogs, Book 2) by Skye Waters Pdf

Join Ella and her husky puppy on magical adventures with the Starlight Snow Dogs!

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226049991

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Dangerous Work by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

This e-book features the complete text found in the print edition of Dangerous Work, without the illustrations or the facsimile reproductions of Conan Doyle's notebook pages. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the “first real outstanding adventure” of his life, taking a berth as ship’s surgeon on an Arctic whaler, the Hope. The voyage took him to unknown regions, showered him with dramatic and unexpected experiences, and plunged him into dangerous work on the ice floes of the Arctic seas. He tested himself, overcame the hardships, and, as he wrote later, “came of age at 80 degrees north latitude.” Conan Doyle’s time in the Arctic provided powerful fuel for his growing ambitions as a writer. With a ghost story set in the Arctic wastes that he wrote shortly after his return, he established himself as a promising young writer. A subsequent magazine article laying out possible routes to the North Pole won him the respect of Arctic explorers. And he would call upon his shipboard experiences many times in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, who was introduced in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet. Out of sight for more than a century was a diary that Conan Doyle kept while aboard the whaler. Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure makes this account available for the first time. With humor and grace, Conan Doyle provides a vivid account of a long-vanished way of life at sea. His careful detailing of the experience of arctic whaling is equal parts fascinating and alarming, revealing the dark workings of the later days of the British whaling industry. In addition to the transcript of the diary, the e-book contains two nonfiction pieces by Doyle about his experiences; and two of his tales inspired by the journey. To the end of his life, Conan Doyle would look back on this experience with awe: “You stand on the very brink of the unknown,” he declared, “and every duck that you shoot bears pebbles in its gizzard which come from a land which the maps know not. It was a strange and fascinating chapter of my life.” Only now can the legion of Conan Doyle fans read and enjoy that chapter.

Author : Jennifer Kingsley
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781771641777

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Paddlenorth by Jennifer Kingsley Pdf

Tells the story of Jennifer Kingsley's 54-day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetratble sea ice, and treacherous rapids.

Author : Jerry Yost
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477260364

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The Great Arctic Adventure by Jerry Yost Pdf

Follow a stranded young photo journalist in Nome as she finds herself on a strange journey to the North Pole. Take a tour with her as the Poles secrets are revealed. What will Santas Chief Mail Clerk do? Losing a childs letter that held a very critical request is a terrible thing. Should the rules that protect Toyland be broken, risking banishment, while searching for the child? Will the dangerous trip south to locate the child and reveal the wish end in disaster? Is banishment the only thing left upon return to the Pole? Can the journalist learn the full story of one of Santas most heroic elves? Go on the trek into the unknown seeking the Cave of No Return and the elusive Arctic Spiritbut do they exist? Read The Great Arctic Adventure to find the answers to these questions and learn a little known fact about the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore.

Author : Epes Sargent
Publisher : Boston : Phillips, Sampson ; London : S. Low
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : YALE:39002060802494

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Arctic Adventure by Sea and Land by Epes Sargent Pdf

Author : David MacGill
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781398473454

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Parjiter Penguin’s Amazing Arctic Adventure by David MacGill Pdf

Never underestimate the determination of the individual spirit when the germ of an idea escalates in the mind, and flourishes into an unstoppable resolve, culminating in an incredible achievement that no one had previously thought possible. History repeatedly shows the fruits of the indomitable human spirit. This time, however, the sheer determination and single-mindedness of a young Antarctic penguin to overcome the perils of undertaking a journey to the other end of the world, encapsulated this spirit. The strangest and most unexpected of friendships can also blossom, as Parjiter Penguin realises his ambition to come face-to-face with a polar bear, the rather grandly named Bridgeforth Bear the Third. This was just the beginning, however, of an amazing and sometimes perilous adventure that ensued between the new friends and cemented the unbreakable bond in this unlikeliest of friendships. The words of Parjiter Penguin’s school teacher had echoed in his mind when planning his incredible adventure, “Now,” said Parjiter to himself, “what was it that Miss Primrose said to the class? Ah yes, ‘polar bears and penguins can never meet’. Really! Well, we’ll see about that!”

Author : Epes SARGENT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026709716

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Arctic Adventure by Sea and Land ... Edited by E. Sargent by Epes SARGENT Pdf

Author : Mrs. Chisholm
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368848187

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True Stories of Arctic Adventure & Discovery by Mrs. Chisholm Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Greer Macallister
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728215709

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The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister Pdf

A dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition—and a sensational murder trial unfolds when some of them don't come back. Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband's lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge. A year later, Virginia stands trial for murder. Survivors of the expedition willing to publicly support her sit in the front row. There are only five. What happened out there on the ice? Set against the unforgiving backdrop of one of the world's most inhospitable locations, USA Today bestselling author Greer Macallister uses the true story of Lady Jane Franklin's tireless attempts to find her husband's lost expedition as a jumping-off point to spin a tale of bravery, intrigue, perseverance and hope.

Author : Gordon Stables
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1884-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465508720

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The Cruise of the Snowbird: A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables Pdf