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Author : D. Michael MacKinnon
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682615331
Author : Robert E. Peary
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547014607
The North Pole is a book by Robert E. Peary. It presents the discovery of The North Pole in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club in colorful fashion.
Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781513294193
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912) is a memoir by Matthew Henson. Published a few years following an expedition to the planet’s northernmost point—which he claims to have reached first—A Negro Explorer at the North Pole reflects on Henson’s outsized role in ensuring the success of their mission. Although he was frequently overshadowed by Commander Robert Peary, Henson continues to be recognized as a pioneering African American who rose from poverty to become a true national hero. Seven times had Robert Peary and Matthew Henson attempted to reach the fabled North Pole. Seven times they failed. In 1908, following years of frustration, they gather a crew of Inuit guides and set sail from Greenland, hopeful that the eighth voyage will end in discovery. Throughout his life, Matthew Henson has grown accustomed to proving himself. Born the son of sharecroppers in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, he has endured racism and economic disparity his entire life. Since 1891, Henson and Peary—who he met while working at a Washington D.C. department store—have been attempting to reach the most remote location on planet earth, an icebound region devoid of sustenance and shelter, accessible only by boat, sled, and foot. As they near the North Pole, Henson prepares to make history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Matthew Henson’s A Negro Explorer at the North Pole is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author : Peter Joseph Capelotti
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0813526337
The first two attempts to reach this remote and frigid outpost by air are examined, starting with a failed balloon attempt by a Swedish engineer in 1897. 31 illustrations.
Author : W. J. Gordon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547053521
This work gives the general geography of the polar regions, presenting mainly the details of the arctic circle. It is based upon several accounts of men who dared to go on these adventures to the least explored world of ice. It contains illustrations of maps, locations, and the famous personalities who traveled to the North pole. Contents include: Spitsbergen Novaya Zemlya Franz Josef Land Cape Chelyuskin The Lena Delta Bering Strait The American Mainland The Parry Islands Boothia Baffin Bay Smith Sound Greenland
Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096804087
Author : Andrew C. Revkin
Publisher : Kingfisher
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0753461382
Now in paperback, current events get in-depth treatment in this exciting series produced in collaboration with the New York Times. First-person narratives world-renowned newspaper's award-winning journalists tell the stories behind headlines. Beginning with a white-knuckle airplane landing, Andrew C. Revkin leads readers through a land of ice and water, describing the stark beauty of the North Pole, the scientists who endure the Arctic chill, the adventurers who are drawn to the north, and the not-so-pretty realities of camping in the Arctic. Years of research, interviews, and science coverage come together to explain the phenomenon of global warming, the different perspectives on its causes and potential effects, and the implications that it holds for the frozen north.
Author : Fergus O'Connell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440835018
A project management expert identifies methods for running any project successfully based on lessons learned from the exploits of two storied explorers. What could be more intriguing than a management book built around a gripping story of exploration? The 1911–12 race between British explorer Robert Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen to be first to the South Pole provides the rarest of case studies. Two teams carry out the same project. One is spectacularly successful; the other fails miserably. Just about everything about good—and bad—planning, management expert Fergus O'Connell maintains, can be learned from these leaders. The results of poor planning are not always as dire as they were for Scott. But in business, poor planning can have serious consequences, often because the same mistakes are repeated. Starting with an introduction that details their exploits, the book goes on to use Scott and Amundsen as examples of good and not-so-good leadership. It contrasts the difference in how the two men planned and executed their projects and how they led their teams, highlighting things that must be in place for success. What can happen when those things are ignored is also spelled out. Readers will come away from this book entertained and with a in-depth understanding of a new method for assessing the health of any project—and running it successfully.
Author : Robert Edwin Peary
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465553287
It may not be inapt to liken the attainment of the North Pole to the winning of a game of chess, in which all the various moves leading to a favorable conclusion had been planned in advance, long before the actual game began. It was an old game for me—a game which I had been playing for twenty-three years, with varying fortunes. Always, it is true, I had been beaten, but with every defeat came fresh knowledge of the game, its intricacies, its difficulties, its subtleties, and with every fresh attempt success came a trifle nearer; what had before appeared either impossible, or, at the best, extremely dubious, began to take on an aspect of possibility, and, at last, even of probability. Every defeat was analyzed as to its causes in all their bearings, until it became possible to believe that those causes could in future be guarded against and that, with a fair amount of good fortune, the losing game of nearly a quarter of a century could be turned into one final, complete success. It is true that with this conclusion many well informed and intelligent persons saw fit to differ. But many others shared my views and gave without stint their sympathy and their help, and now, in the end, one of my greatest unalloyed pleasures is to know that their confidence, subjected as it was to many trials, was not misplaced, that their trust, their belief in me and in the mission to which the best years of my life have been given, have been abundantly justified. But while it is true that so far as plan and method are concerned the discovery of the North Pole may fairly be likened to a game of chess, there is, of course, this obvious difference: in chess, brains are matched against brains. In the quest of the Pole it was a struggle of human brains and persistence against the blind, brute forces of the elements of primeval matter, acting often under laws and impulses almost unknown or but little understood by us, and thus many times seemingly capricious, freaky, not to be foretold with any degree of certainty. For this reason, while it was possible to plan, before the hour of sailing from New York, the principal moves of the attack upon the frozen North, it was not possible to anticipate all of the moves of the adversary. Had this been possible, my expedition of 1905-1906, which established the then "farthest north" record of 87° 6´, would have reached the Pole. But everybody familiar with the records of that expedition knows that its complete success was frustrated by one of those unforeseen moves of our great adversary—in that a season of unusually violent and continued winds disrupted the polar pack, separating me from my supporting parties, with insufficient supplies, so that, when almost within striking distance of the goal, it was necessary to turn back because of the imminent peril of starvation. When victory seemed at last almost within reach, I was blocked by a move which could not possibly have been foreseen, and which, when I encountered it, I was helpless to meet. And, as is well known, I and those with me were not only checkmated but very nearly lost our lives as well. But all that is now as a tale that is told. This time it is a different and perhaps a more inspiring story, though the records of gallant defeat are not without their inspiration. And the point which it seems fit to make in the beginning is that success crowned the efforts of years because strength came from repeated defeats, wisdom from earlier error, experience from inexperience, and determination from them all.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034537951
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Science fiction, French
ISBN : 9781427026514
Author : Sue E. Goodman
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821847961
Beginning Topology is designed to give undergraduate students a broad notion of the scope of topology in areas of point-set, geometric, combinatorial, differential, and algebraic topology, including an introduction to knot theory. A primary goal is to expose students to some recent research and to get them actively involved in learning. Exercises and open-ended projects are placed throughout the text, making it adaptable to seminar-style classes. The book starts with a chapter introducing the basic concepts of point-set topology, with examples chosen to captivate students' imaginations while illustrating the need for rigor. Most of the material in this and the next two chapters is essential for the remainder of the book. One can then choose from chapters on map coloring, vector fields on surfaces, the fundamental group, and knot theory. A solid foundation in calculus is necessary, with some differential equations and basic group theory helpful in a couple of chapters. Topics are chosen to appeal to a wide variety of students: primarily upper-level math majors, but also a few freshmen and sophomores as well as graduate students from physics, economics, and computer science. All students will benefit from seeing the interaction of topology with other fields of mathematics and science; some will be motivated to continue with a more in-depth, rigorous study of topology.
Author : Pascal Lièvre,Monique Aubry,Gilles Garal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786301291
In response to the rise of various forms of the extreme in economies, organizations and societies (such as disruptive innovation, climate emergency, financial crisis, high-risk sport, etc.), an ambitious 21st century program sets the agenda of management sciences around the unknown, disruption, uncertainty and risk. Management of Extreme Situations presents the research results from the conference organized at the Cerisy-la-Salle International Cultural Center, France, in 2016. It testifies to the existence of an international community that brings together, around management sciences, various disciplines studying the management concept of extreme situations. Through the analysis of varied contexts (polar and mountain expeditions, fire rescue services, exploration projects in the military field, creative industries, etc.), this book offers an initial grammar of the extreme. It presents a heuristic for the management of these situations – particularly in terms of sensemaking, ambidexterity and knowledge expansion.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : MINN:31951000675477P
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Petroleum refineries
ISBN : NWU:35556031026628