A best book of the year usa today time magazine washington post miami. Jeannette walls, author of the glass castle and half broke horses in this rugged and ravishing debut, a tragic car accident upends the lives of multiple southern california. It is similar to the western genre, but many elements are different, as appropriate to its setting. Water filtration systems, water treatment, water storaging and water well drilling. All in all a pretty good polar exploration book, but i prefer his ghosts of cape sabine. Northwest passage discovery and exploration british early works to 1800 the strange and dangerous voyage of captaine thomas james, in his intended discovery of the northwest passage into the south sea london. Empress anna put bering in charge of the five great northern expeditions, which lasted from 1733 to 1742. Margaret willoughby im new to the polar exploration topic, but it seemed that delong did thorough. Because of that, there seems little doubt that this is the definitive book. Made out another settlement in the northern part of the bay. Kept animals is a darkly beautiful book, tender yet powerful, an exquisite exploration of hurt and desire, the why of wanting, taking, and giving. I read it many years ago and was reminded of it this morning while listening to the diane rehm show on pbs, she was interviewing the author of kingdom of ice hampton sides, a book describing the voyage of the jeannette which left san francisco in 1879 bound for the arctic ocean.
This is by far one of my favorite books on exploration. The expedition of the jeannette to the north pole world digital. The book contains an introductory overview of the most important arctic. Arrangements, which are being handled by stover funeral home and crematory, strasburg, are pending. This covers not the northwest passage quest, but the mapping of the northern reaches of russia and siberia, as well as the explorations of nansen across greenland and the northern baltic. Mirsky, jeannette 1903 people and organisations trove. During the exploration of the arctic, jeanette had 33 men onboard, but only could survive after the wreck. Books on arctic exploration triumph and tragedy in the days of sail the search for the northwest passage from broughs books. The brutal challenges of arctic travel were well known by 1879, and the expeditions hardy threemaster the uss jeannette, equipped with a supplemental steam engine and a specially reinforced bow was as prepared for heavy pack ice as any vessel of the time could be. Any groups of links may refer to log book covers and introductory information.
The british built ship known simply as jeanette sank off the farthest, most northern island of russias largest region the sakha republic, which is also known as yakutia. He secured the log books of the jeannette, and other effects, which had been left in a cache, but the missing party could not be found. The northern or northwestern is a genre in various arts that tell stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in the north of north america, primarily in canada but also in alaska. After three weeks of determined effort, it became evident that. Proceedings of the california academy of sciences at a reception given to the captain and officers of the jeannette search expedition san francisco, 1881. Jeannette mirsky ginsburg september 3, 1903 march 10, 1987 was an american author who was awarded a guggenheim fellowship in 1947 for her biographical writings on the history of exploration. The chief exponent of the theory of a warmwater gateway to the north pole was. During the exploration of the arctic, jeanette had 33. To the arctic contributes valuable information to this debate in its lively narrative of arctic exploration from the time of the ancient greeks to the mid1940s. Jeanette keckley passed away on april 24, 2020 in maurertown, virginia. During the exploration of the arctic, jeanette had 33 men onboard, but only. The first novel written by oke was published in 1979.
European exploration of the arctic regions began in the 16th century, with. Jeannette keckley, 67, of maurertown, passed away april 24, 2020, at winchester medical center. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although. You are bidding on a rare vintage hardcover book with original dustjacket titled to the arctic the story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present. For comprehensive coverage of our pictorial holdings on the jeannette arctic exploration expedition of 18791881, see. The jeannette expeditions quest for the north pole guttridge, leonard on. Of his two books, this strikes me as the better one, perhaps because the story of the jeannette is more coherent. The expedition was organized, it set out, the ship. This is somewhat surprising, because it seems to have been something of a seminal event in the exploration of the northern polar regions.
Publication date 1970 topics arctic regions, north pole. Arctic exploration books on epic voyages in the days of sail. Melville pushed his search to the northern extremity of the delta, with great difficulty and much suffering from exposure and scarcity of food. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read in the kingdom of ice. Mirsky wrote a fascinating look at northern polar exploration, from frobisher to the 1930s. Story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present by mirsky, jeannette and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. In addition to english, the book has been published in german, spanish, and french.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the passion. Finding the uss jeanette after 140 years outdoor revival. Because of that, there seems little doubt that this is the definitive book on the subject. Russian northern expeditions 18th 19th centuries print. The grand and terrible polar voyage of the uss jeannette from the worlds largest community of readers. Both were attempts to reach the north pole, or at least explore northern latitudes. Probably one of the best exploration and even adventure books i have ever read. Travel of wrangel along the northern shores of siberia and on the arctic sea, 18201824.
It was widely believed that the polar sea north of the ice was warm and even. The story of northern exploration from the earliest times to the present. The jeannette expeditions quest for the north pole. Today, janette lives with her husband nearby alberta in canada where they are active in the local church. Hampton sides conjures the doomed uss jeannette and her courageous. In recent years, janette and her siblings have restored her parents prairie farm home, which now serves as a gift shop and museum of prairie life. The premise was that a temperate current, the kuro siwo, flowed northwards into the strait, providing a gateway to the open polar sea and thus to the pole. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Its mission was to try to reach the north pole via an icefree polar sea that. The jeannette expedition of 18791881, officially called the u. Arctic exploration wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
The greatest survival story in the history of exploration. The story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present jeannette mirsky 1970 reprint paperback near fine 2 copies available by. The grand and terrible polar voyage of the uss jeannette ebook written by hampton sides. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the arctic circle. Uss jeannette 1878 uss jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, commanded by george w. With recent progress in the knowledge of polar importance, this fits even more pertinently today into the enlarged horizons of the modern world, and forms in its coverage, a worthwhile background for special.
New york times bestselling author hampton sides returns with a whiteknuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the gilded age in the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe. Russian explorer to locate and raise uss jeanette in arctic. Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the arctic region of the earth. Jeannette mirsky ginsburg was an american author who was awarded a guggenheim fellowship in 1947 for her biographical writings on the history of exploration. Frankissstein, is an audacious love story that weaves together disparate lives into an exploration of transhumanism, artificial. Percy fawcett is a character that everyone roots for in a story, but he sadly never makes it back from the depths of the amazon this is not a spoiler since the whole book is written as grann tries to find evidence of their trip.
Historical records suggest that humankind have explored the northern extremes since 325 bc, when the ancient g. Printed for john legatt, 1633, by thomas james page images in germany. And kate milliken knows her stuff when it comes to horses. Jeannette s illfated 1879 polar voyage in a doomed quest for americans to be first to the north pole, 20. This is not a dry scholarly look at this the writing is fresh and exciting. To the arctic the story of northern exploration from. This page features selected views related to the jeannette expedition, and provides links to all images we have on the subject. The jeannette expeditions quest for the north pole by loenard f. For all intents and purposes, polar exploration of the heroic kind ended in the years leading up to the publication of jeannette mirskys comprehensive overview of exploits in the north in the early 1930s.
The story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present by mirsky, jeannette, 19031987. Arctic exploration barnard archives and special collections. Arctic exploration in early times and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Jeannette mirsky, author of on ancient centralasian tracks brief narrative of three expeditions in, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. This is an excellent all encompassing book on arctic exploration.