New Lands within the Arctic Circle 2 Volume Set

Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in the Years 1872–1874

Julius von Payer (Autor)

Media-Kombination

744 Seiten

2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-04146-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Originally published in 1876, this two-volume work documents the Austro-Hungarian Arctic Expedition of 1872–4, in which von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discovered Franz-Josef Land. Volume 1 describes the events leading to the decision to abandon their ship, and Volume 2 their heroic trek to safety with their crew.

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This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841–1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 1 explores the climate and terrain of the Arctic region, the navigational strategies employed by the crew, and the challenges they faced as perilous conditions led them to abandon ship. Volume 2 describes the crew's exploration of Franz-Josef Land by sledge, and their subsistence by means of bear-hunting, rationing of food, and making clothes from animal skins, until they made their way to safety.

Inhalt

Volume 1: Author's preface; Preliminary notice by the translator; Introduction: 1. The frozen ocean; 2. Navigation in the frozen ocean; 3. The penetration of the regions within the Polar Circle, the period of the North-West and North-East Passages; 4. The inner Polar Sea; 5. The future of the Polar question; 6. Polar equipment; 7. The pioneer voyage of the Isbjörn; Voyage of the Tegetthoff: 1. From Bremerhaven to Tromsoe; 2. Of the frozen ocean; 3. Drifting in the Novaya Zemlya Seas; 4. The Tegetthoff fast beset in the ice; 5. Our first winter (1872) in the ice; 6. Life on board the Tegetthoff; 7. Ice pressures; 8. The wane of the long Polar night; 9. The return of light. The spring of 1873; 10. The summer of 1873; 11. New lands; 12. The autumn of 1873. The strange land visited; 13. Our second winter in the ice; 14. Sunrise of 1874; 15. The aurora. Volume 2: The Sledge Journeys: 1. The exploration of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land resolved on; 2. Of sledge travelling in general; 3. The equipment of a sledge expedition; 4. The first sledge journey; 5. The cold; 6. A general description of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land; 7. The second sledge expedition. Austria Sound; 8. In the extreme north; 9. The return to the ship; 10. The third sledge journey; The Tegetthoff abandoned. Return to Europe: 1. Last days on the Tegetthoff; 2. On the frozen sea; 3. On the open sea; Appendix: 1. Meteorological observations; 2. Direction and force of the wind; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 970 g
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-108-04146-9 / 1108041469
• ISBN-13: 978-1-108-04146-1 / 9781108041461
• Zustand: Neuware