EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book United States Scientific Expeditions to the Arctic  1850 1909

Download or read book United States Scientific Expeditions to the Arctic 1850 1909 written by John Edwards Caswell and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Arctic Expeditions

Download or read book American Arctic Expeditions written by John Edwards Caswell and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Greatest Show in the Arctic

Download or read book The Greatest Show in the Arctic written by P. J. Capelotti and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Air Force Manual

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Air Force Manual written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scientific Results of the United States Arctic Expedition

Download or read book Scientific Results of the United States Arctic Expedition written by Emil Bessels and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lost in the Arctic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ejnar 1880- Mikkelsen
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2021-09-09
  • ISBN : 9781013878183
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book Lost in the Arctic written by Ejnar 1880- Mikkelsen and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Doctoral Research on Canada and Canadians  1884 1983

Download or read book Doctoral Research on Canada and Canadians 1884 1983 written by Jesse John Dossick and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1986 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library Bulletin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dartmouth College. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book Library Bulletin written by Dartmouth College. Library and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scientific Results of the United States Arctic Expedition

Download or read book Scientific Results of the United States Arctic Expedition written by Emil Bessels and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.

Book Globalizing Polar Science

Download or read book Globalizing Polar Science written by R. Launius and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour.

Book Library Bulletin   Dartmouth College

Download or read book Library Bulletin Dartmouth College written by Dartmouth College. Library and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arctic Bibliography

Download or read book Arctic Bibliography written by Arctic Institute of North America and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ships  Seas  and Scientists

Download or read book Ships Seas and Scientists written by Vincent Ponko and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on Wilkes expedition to Antarctica, 1838-42, U.S. expeditions in search of Franklin, 1850-55, and expeditions in North Pacific and Bering Strait, 1852-63.

Book Technical Information Pilot

Download or read book Technical Information Pilot written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Neptune

Download or read book The American Neptune written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly journal of maritime history.