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Enhanced by several attractive engravings, this work, first published in 1881, illuminates Arctic exploration in the region of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, north of the Russian mainland. Naval officer Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) summarises previous discoveries and voyages made in the region by various navigators from England, Russia, Norway and elsewhere. He goes on to give an account of his 1879 voyage aboard the Norwegian cutter Isbjoern, offering details of Arctic flora and fauna, topographical and oceanographic features, and navigational difficulties presented by ice. For those interested in the scientific aspects of the expedition, the appendices contain notes and lists, prepared by experts, drawing on the various botanical and zoological specimens that were collected. Also reissued in this series are Markham's A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay (1874), The Great Frozen Sea (1878) and Northward Ho! (1879).Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108071949
eBay Product ID (ePID)195330553
Product Key Features
Number of Pages398 Pages
Publication NameA Polar Reconnaissance: Being the Voyage of the Isbjoern to Novaya Zemlya in 1879
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlbert Hastings Markham
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight500 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlbert Hastings Markham
Series TitleCambridge Library Collection-Polar Exploration