The Arctic Diary Of Russell Williams Porter
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The Arctic Diary Of Russell Williams Porter
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Author : Russell Williams Porter
language : en
Publisher: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia
Release Date : 1976
The Arctic Diary Of Russell Williams Porter written by Russell Williams Porter and has been published by Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The author's narrative of his expeditions into the arctic with famous explorers such as Peary and Cook, illustrated with his pencil sketches and watercolours.
The Arctic Diary Of Russell Williams Porter
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Author : Russell Williams Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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The Greatest Show In The Arctic
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Author : P. J. Capelotti
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-05-06
The Greatest Show In The Arctic written by P. J. Capelotti and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with History categories.
In Gilded Age America, Arctic explorers were fabulous celebrities—assured of riches and near-immortality so long as they reached the North Pole first. Of the many attempts to meet that goal, three American expeditions, launched from the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land, ended in abject failure, their exploits consigned to near-oblivion. Even so, these ventures—the Wellman expedition (1898–99), the Baldwin-Ziegler (1901–2), and the Fiala-Ziegler (1903–5)—have much to tell us about the personalities, politics, and economics of exploration in their day. In The Greatest Show in the Arctic, the first book to chronicle all three expeditions, P. J. Capelotti explores what went right and what, in the end, went tragically wrong. The cast of colorful characters from the Franz Josef Land forays included Walter Wellman, a Chicago journalist and bon vivant running from debts, his mistress, and an illegitimate daughter; Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, a deranged meteorologist with a fetish for balloons and a passion for Swedish conserves; and Anthony Fiala, a pious photographer in search of God in the Arctic. Featuring an international cast of supporting characters worthy of a three-ring circus, The Greatest Show in the Arctic follows each of the three expeditions in turn, from spectacular feats of financing to their bitter ends. Along the way, the explorers accumulated considerable geographic knowledge and left a legacy of place-names. Through close study of the expeditions’ journals, Capelotti reveals that the Franz Josef Land endeavors foundered chiefly because of poor leadership and internal friction, not for lack of funding, as historians have previously suspected. Presenting tales of noble intentions, novel inventions, and epic miscalculations, The Greatest Show in the Arctic brings fresh life to a unique and underappreciated story of American exploration.
Prologue
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Prologue written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Archives categories.
Pathways Of Creativity In Contemporary Newfoundland And Labrador
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Author : María Jesús Hernáez Lerena
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-18
Pathways Of Creativity In Contemporary Newfoundland And Labrador written by María Jesús Hernáez Lerena and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a mythologized place that resonates with tragic adventure, polar expeditions and Grand Banks fishing; a real and imagined geography with an incredible artistic output that calls for critical discussion. This book examines the diversity of this province’s literature and culture, taking into consideration the expertise of scholars and writers who have first-hand knowledge of its unique context. Chapters on history, travel, fiction, autobiography, poetry, theatre, storytelling, filmmaking, and the visual arts provide an up-to-date survey across a broad range of artistic endeavours, as well as close readings of selected texts. The questions that fill the pages of Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador arise from the awareness its contributors have of historically shared experiences, but also of shared delusions, and their essays provoke contemplation beyond the labels local/global, Newfoundlander/Come-From-Away. Aboriginal histories and writing come to the foreground in this panoramic view that balances descriptions of mainstream, vernacular and Indigenous cultural productions. The final chapter is organized as a multi-voiced interview which serves as a supplement to the academic essays. Here, themes are revisited and personalized as several writers express their feelings about what it means to be a Newfoundlander and an artist. As such, this book will encourage dialogue about Newfoundland and Labrador’s literary and artistic achievements within the international community of readers and researchers.
Exploring Polar Frontiers 2 Volumes
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Author : William James Mills
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2003-12-11
Exploring Polar Frontiers 2 Volumes written by William James Mills and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-11 with Social Science categories.
Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
Minik The New York Eskimo
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Author : Kenn Harper
language : en
Publisher: Steerforth
Release Date : 2017-09-26
Minik The New York Eskimo written by Kenn Harper and has been published by Steerforth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-26 with History categories.
A true story from the great age of Arctic exploration of an Inuit boy's struggle for dignity against Robert Peary and the American Museum of Natural History in turn-of-the-century New York City. Sailing aboard a ship called Hope in 1897, celebrated Arctic explorer Robert Peary entered New York Harbor with peculiar "cargo": Six Polar Inuit intended to serve as live "specimens" at the American Museum of Natural History. Four died within a year. One managed to gain passage back to Greenland. Only the sixth, a boy of six or seven with a precociously solemn smile, remained. His name was Minik. Although Harper's unflinching narrative provides a much needed corrective to history's understanding of Peary, who was known among the Polar Inuit as "the great tormenter", it is primarily a story about a boy, Minik Wallace, known to the American public as "The New York Eskimo." Orphaned when his father died of pneumonia, Minik never surrendered the hope of going "home," never stopped fighting for the dignity of his father's memory, and never gave up his belief that people would come to his aid if only he could get them to understand.
Catalog Of National Archives Microfilm Publications
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Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Catalog Of National Archives Microfilm Publications written by United States. National Archives and Records Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Archives categories.
Catalog Of Copyright Entries Third Series
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Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
language : en
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Release Date : 1978
Catalog Of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and has been published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Copyright categories.
Publications Of The General Services Administration
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Author : United States. General Services Administration. Office of Public Information
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Publications Of The General Services Administration written by United States. General Services Administration. Office of Public Information and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Government publications categories.