Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899 : a narrative of the voyage of the "Belgica" among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, Frederick A., 1865-1940 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gerlache, Gaston de (Autor de introducción, etc.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1980]
Temas:
Belgica (Ship)
Expédition antarctique belge.
Belgica (Navire)
Expédition antarctique belge > (1897-1899)
Expédition antarctique belge (1897-1899)
Antarctique > Exploration belge.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
HISTORY > Polar Regions.
Discoveries in geography > Belgian
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Belgian.
Antarctica
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • New Introduction
  • In and about Rio de Janeiro
  • From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo
  • Organisation of the Expedition
  • The Belgica, her Equipment, her Comforts and Discomforts
  • Montevideo to Punta Arenas
  • The Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town
  • From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, through the Fuegian Channels
  • A Race of Fuegian Giants
  • Discoveries in a New World of Ice
  • Discoveries in a New World of Ice (continued)
  • From Datlcoland to Alexander Islands
  • Across the Antarctic Circle- First Efforts to Penetrate the Pack
  • Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice
  • Over Unknown Waters into the Frozen Sea
  • Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice
  • Bird's-Eye View of the Pack- Autumnal Tempests
  • The Fading Days of Autumn
  • The Autumn (continued) Work and Past-time
  • The Fading Days of Autumn (continued)
  • The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night
  • The South Polar Night
  • Departure of the Susn
  • The South Polar Night (continued) Days of Discontentment
  • The South Polar Night (continued) The Death of Danco
  • The South Polar Night (continued) Midnight to Dawn
  • Spring-Sunrise-Twilight of Dawn
  • The Spring (continued) Return of Light- A Sledge Journey
  • Summer
  • Summer (continued)
  • Freed from the Ice-Embraces
  • Return to Civilisation
  • Appendix I General Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
  • Ii The Antarctic Climate
  • III The Bathymetical Conditions of the Antacrctic Regions
  • IV Nautical Positions and Magnetic Deductions
  • V The Navigation of the Antarctic Ice-Pack
  • VI The Possibilities of Antarctic Exploration.

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