The Karluk S Last Voyage

Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 541 pages
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Release : 2001-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786870974

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The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven Pdf

The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the castaways had no choice but to find solid ground as they struggled against starvation, snow blindness, disease, exposure--and each other. After almost twelve months battling the elements, twelve survivors were rescued, thanks to the heroic efforts of their captain, Bartlett, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot across the ice and through Siberia to find help. Drawing on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, Jennifer Niven re-creates with astonishing accuracy the ill-fated journey and the crews desperate attempts to find a way home.

Author : Capt. Robert A. Bartlett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590774779

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The Karluk's Last Voyage by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett Pdf

“We did not all come back.” Thus begins the rare firsthand account of the extraordinary ordeal of the Karluk, the flagship of explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Arctic expedition of 1913-1916. When ice trapped the Karluk, Stefansson abandoned Captain Robert A. Bartlett and the crew—eleven of whom perished—to their fate. When the ice crushed the Karluk and sank her, Bartlett led the shipwrecked survivors safely to Wrangell Island. From there, with one Inuit companion, he journeyed across 700 miles of frozen seas and Siberian wilderness to return with rescuers. It is a feat that rivals Shackleton’s own celebrated efforts to seek for the crew of the Endurance.

Author : Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale
Publisher : Boston : Small, Maynard & Company
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : YALE:39002085578111

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk, Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 by Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale Pdf

Author : William Laird McKinlay
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250095701

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by William Laird McKinlay Pdf

An astonishing narrative of disaster and perseverance, The Last Voyage of the Karluk will thrill readers of adventure classics like Into Thin Air and The Climb. In 1913, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson hired William McKinlay to join the crew of the Karluk, the leading ship of his new Arctic expedition. Stefansson's mission was to chart the waters north of Alaska; yet the Karluk's crew was untrained, the ship was ill-suited to the icy conditions, and almost at once the Karluk was crushed-at which point Stefansson abandoned his crew to continue his journey on another ship. This is the only firsthand account of what followed: a nightmare struggle in which half the crew perished, one was mysteriously shot, and the rest were near death by the time of their rescue twelve months later. Written some sixty years after the fact, and drawing extensively on his own daily log, McKinlay's narrative of this doomed expedition is rendered with remarkable clarity of recollection, and with a combination of horror and a level of self-possession that, to modern eyes, may seem incredible. Like most of his companions, McKinlay was inexperienced, without a day's training in the skills essential to survival in the Arctic. Yet he and many of his fellow crewmen, with the help of an Eskimo family accustomed to such conditions, survived a year under the harshest of conditions, enduring 80-mile-per-hour gales and temperatures well below zero with only the barest of provisions and almost no hope of contact with civilization. Nearly a century later, this remains one of the most compelling survival stories ever written-an extraordinary testament to man's overpowering will to live.

Author : Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph T B 1880 Hale
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0343029618

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph T B 1880 Hale Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780143181552

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Trapped in Ice by Eric Walters Pdf

Thirteen-year-old Helen is not entirely sure she is looking forward to spending the next six months on board the Karluk, a ship headed on an Arctic expedition. But with the recent death of her father, it is the only work her seamstress mother can find. Helen's nine year-old brother, Michael, is delighted to be off on a real adventure but neither he nor Helen could have realized just how extraordinary this trip would be. The ship's hard-bitten captain, Robert Bartlett, must use all his seafaring skill when the Arctic Ocean begins an early freeze-over and the ship becomes trapped in ice. But will Bartlett's knowledge of the unpredictable and treacherous Arctic be enough to save his passengers? In the pages of her diary, Helen records the fate of the crew and her family as they leave the ship and try to make their way across shifting ice flows, through blinding blizzards and past polar bears to safety on solid land. As the trek proceeds, Helen learns a few things about her family, about friendship and about a remarkable strength she never knew she had. Based on true events surrounding the ill-fated Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913, Trapped in Ice is a riveting, fast-paced adventure set in a marvelous but brutal world of ice and snow.

Author : Robert A. Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1331904587

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Robert A. Bartlett Pdf

Excerpt from The Last Voyage of the Karluk: Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 The Last Voyage of the Karluk: Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 was written by Robert A. Bartlett and Ralph T. Hale in 1916. This is a 388 page book, containing 79523 words and 28 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale
Publisher : New York : Cooper Square Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : NYPL:33433017659552

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The Karluk's Last Voyage by Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale Pdf

Robert Bartlett, captain of the Karluk, tells how his ship became trapped in ice and how he and others journeyed to Siberia to find help.

Author : Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 402 pages
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Release : 2018-02-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1376682087

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk, Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 by Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale Pdf

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Author : L.D. Cross
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772030204

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The Luck of the Karluk by L.D. Cross Pdf

Tells the tragic story of Canada's flagship the Karluk which set out for the Arctic in 1913 as part of the Canadian Arctic Expedition and sank there in 1914.

Author : Bob Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 1897317182

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Bob Bartlett Pdf

On January 4, 1914, the Karluk was stuck in ice when the ominous sound of the ship's stern being ripped open by pack ice was heard by all on board. It sounded like the firing of a cannon. Bartlett immediately ordered supplies be unloaded on the ice. The Karluk began to break up on January 10, and all on board were ordered to abandon ship. When everyone was safely on the ice, the captain himself went back to his cabin and, all alone, put Chopin's Funeral March on his Victrola. As the water rose in the cabin, he whispered "Goodbye," left the sinking vessel to the mournful sound of Chopin's music and hurried out on the ice. It was to be the beginning of one of the greatest feats of valour in world history. From the foreword by Paul O'Neill

Author : Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph T. B. 1880 Hale
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 402 pages
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Category : Electronic
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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Robert Abram Bartlett,Ralph T. B. 1880 Hale Pdf

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Author : Bob Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 177117501X

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Bob Bartlett Pdf

Author : Bob Bartlett
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 70 pages
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Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230386696

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk, Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition Of 1913-16 by Bob Bartlett Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... WE DRIFT AWAY FROM THE LAND The last day of September we got another glimpse of the land, seeing distinctly the low shore of Cooper Island, with its Eskimo houses. We were still to the eastward of Point Barrow, drifting slowly along in the pack. Mamen, the doctor and I went out to a ski-jump we had built and in trying a higher jump than usual I heeled over and, instead of landing on my ski, came down with a hard bump on my side. I didn't let the doctor know how badly I was hurt because I didn't want any one to know that I could be such a duffer but I was unable to lift my hand to comb my hair for several weeks. October came in with a snowstorm and a strong northeast wind which drove us fast before it. On the morning of the first there came a crack in the ice about a foot wide, running east and west, two miles from the ship. It was too far away for us to dynamite our way to it even if it had been a likely lead for navigation and besides when you dynamite ice you must have open water for the broken fragments to overflow into or they will choke up around you and you are worse off than before. The heavy wind did not allow this crack to remain open more than a few hours. On the second and again on the third we caught glimpses of the land. On the third the same gale that destroyed part of the town of Nome sent us bowling along to the northwest. Occasionally we saw open water but it was always far away. The weather on the fourth and fifth was delightful, with the temperature up in the forties, and on the fifth we had a beautiful sunset. Mamen, Malloch and I went ski-jumping in the bright sunshine and had a wonderful afternoon of it. We were now fast drifting to the northwest, off Point Barrow, getting outside the twenty-fathom curve. The...

Author : Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019477962

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Northward Ho! by Bob Bartlett,Ralph Tracy Hale Pdf

This nonfiction account chronicles the ill-fated expedition of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916. Led by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the expedition aimed to study the geography and wildlife of the Arctic. However, the crew faced numerous challenges, including harsh weather, dwindling supplies, and the loss of their ship, the Karluk. Bartlett and Hale provide a detailed and suspenseful narrative of the crew's struggle for survival in the Arctic wilderness. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.