The Voyage of the Jeannette 2 Volume Set

The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-108-05019-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 986 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 1310 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

George W. De Long (1844–81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long's doomed expedition. First published in 1883, they record De Long's early years and preparations for the expedition, the crew's experiences in the perilous Arctic, the wreckage of the Jeannette and the crew's escape in smaller boats, and the eventual discovery of De Long's records and remains. Providing a vivid account of nineteenth-century polar exploration, these volumes remain of great interest to scholars of geography and maritime studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Long, George Washington De

Long, Emma De

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; 1. The commander of the expedition; 2. Preparations for the expedition; 3. From San Francisco to St Lawrence Bay; 4. Drifting in ice across Herald Island; 5. Fast in the ice; 6. The dead of winter; 7. The return of daylight; 8. Under the midnight sun; 9. A frozen summer. Volume 2: 10. The return to cold and darkness; 11. The last of the Jeannette; 12. Leaving the ship behind; 13. The march over the frozen ocean; 14. Bennett Island; 15. In the boats; 16. The New Siberian Islands; 17. The Lena delta; 18. The fatal month; 19. Nindemann and Noros; 20. The fortunes of the whaleboat party; 21. The first search; 22. The final search; 23. Conclusion.