By Airship to the North Pole : An Archaeology of Human Exploration /

By Airship to the North Pole chronicles the adventures of Swedish engineer Salomon August Andree, who made the first failed attempt to reach the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon in 1897 and of American journalist Walter Wellman who organized and led three unsuccessful air expeditions from 1907 to 19...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Capelotti, P. J. (Peter Joseph), 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nordpol
Dirigeables > Arctique.
Airships.
Archeologie.
Vliegtuigrampen.
Luchtschepen.
Ballonvaart.
Expedities.
Luftfahrzeug
Expedition
Discoveries in geography.
Pôle Nord > Decouverte et exploration.
North Pole > Discovery and exploration.
Polar regions > Discovery and exploration.
Polar regions.
Arctic Ocean > North Pole.
Regions polaires > Decouverte et exploration.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:By Airship to the North Pole chronicles the adventures of Swedish engineer Salomon August Andree, who made the first failed attempt to reach the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon in 1897 and of American journalist Walter Wellman who organized and led three unsuccessful air expeditions from 1907 to 1909. The book investigates the stories behind the quests to reach this remote and inhospitable outpost by air and examines how those stories were created and reported by the press. What he uncovers allows readers to reflect on the distortions of the written historical record, particularly unkind to Wellman, and what that may tell us about our own age of exploration as we look to the last frontiers in space.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9780813526331

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