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Author : Ragnar Axelsson
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3969000076
The Greenland Dog is one of the greatest heroes of the Arctic, but his fate is uncertain.
Author : A.W Greely
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752331417
Reproduction of the original: True Tales of Artic Heroism in the New World by A.W Greely
Author : Mark Piesing
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062851543
"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia—code-named N-4—was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history. Helping lead the search was Roald Amundsen, the poles’ greatest explorer, who himself soon went missing in the frozen wastes. Amundsen’s body has never been found, the last victim of one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries . . . During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age. Germany’s luxurious Graf Zeppelin would run passenger service from Germany to Brazil; Britain’s Imperial Airship was launched to connect an empire; in America, the iconic spire of the rising Empire State Building was designed as a docking tower for airships. But the novel mode of transport offered something else, too: a new frontier of exploration. Whereas previous Arctic and Antarctic explorers had subjected themselves to horrific—often deadly—conditions in their attempts to reach uncharted lands, airships held out the possibility of speedily soaring over the hazards. In 1926, the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen—the first man to reach the South Pole—partnered with the Italian airship designer General Umberto Nobile to pioneer flight over the North Pole. As Mark Piesing uncovers in this masterful account, while that mission was thought of as a great success, it was in fact riddled with near disasters and political pitfalls. In May 1928, his relationship with Amundsen corroded beyond the point of collaboration, Nobile, his dog, and a crew of fourteen Italians, one Swede, and one Czech, set off on their own in the airship Italia to discover new lands in the Arctic Circle and to become the first airship to land men on the pole. But near the North Pole they hit a terrible storm and crashed onto the ice. Six crew members were never seen again; the injured (including Nobile) took refuge on ice flows,unprepared for the wretched conditions and with little hope for survival. Coincidentally, in Oslo a gathering of famous Arctic explorers had assembled for a celebration of the first successful flight from Alaska to Norway. Hearing of the accident, Amundsen set off on his own desperate attempt to find Nobile and his men. As the weeks passed and the largest international polar rescue expedition mobilized, the survivors engaged in a last-ditch struggle against weather, polar bears, and despair. When they were spotted at last, the search plane landed—but the pilot announced that there was room for only one passenger. . . . Braiding together the gripping accounts of the survivors and their heroic rescuers, N-4 Down tells the unforgettable true story of what happened when the glamour and restless daring of the zeppelin age collided with the harsh reality of earth’s extremes.
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU54395224
Author : Z. A. Mudge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385214491
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Mark McCrum
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781405519632
In April 2011, four soldiers - each a veteran of recent conflicts, who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on an extraordinary challenge: a two-hundred mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole. Joined by patron Prince Harry, the charity founders, a polar guide and a film crew, the team achieved their goal despite facing hurdles an able-bodied athlete would baulk at, and having seen their resilience tested to the limit. They returned with a story that proves strength of mind can be every bit as powerful as strength of body, and as an inspiration to us all.
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385365575
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Frederick Whymper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : OXFORD:600023394
Author : Catherine Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : African American explorers
ISBN : 184299493X
"The incredible story of Mathew Hanson, the African-American explorer who was written out of history - despite being one of the first to reach the North Pole. A fascinating life, a great adventure and a compelling story of prejudice.True stories that are stranger than fiction Forgotten heroes, exciting adventures and fascinating facts guaranteed to appeal to reluctant readers, especially boys Stylish, striking jackets with top quality black white illustrationsReading Age 8 Inter
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385365568
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : NYPL:33433000641302
Author : Samuel Richard Van Campen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385527119
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author : Frederick Whymper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015062204238
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 993542040X
"Faces of the North established Ragnar 'RAX' Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. This long-awaited second edition--the result of more than 30 years of documenting the lives of hunters, fishermen, and farmers in the North--doubles the original selection with previously unpublished photographs from RAX's collection, alongside personal accounts of the journeys which led to their creation. The result is a rare testament to cultures across Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland; to worlds and ways of life that, if not for the photographs, have all but vanished. Raised on an isolated farm in southern Iceland, Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958) became captivated early on by the brutal beauty of the North Atlantic and the delicate interactions between its inhabitants and their environment. Born of that fascination, Faces of the North, first published in 2004, established Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. Long out of print, Faces of the North is now republished in an edition that echoes the format of Axelsson's latest publications, Last Days of the Arctic and Behind the Mountains. In the 2004 edition of Faces of the North, Axelsson collected the images of farmers, hunters and fishermen in the Arctic and the Atlantic that he became best known for; in the 2016 edition, his oeuvre comes full circle, as he looks back upon the foundation of his photographic passion and career."--Publisher's website.
Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401304423
From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion--after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions--did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north--it is the story of a hero.