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The Frozen North

The Frozen North

by Edith Horton

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About this eBook

Author
Horton, Edith
Title
The Frozen North: An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in Schools
Credits
Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject
Arctic regions
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 65193
Release Date
April 29, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE FROZEN NORTH
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.I. INTRODUCTION
  9. 9.II. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 1818
  10. 10.III. FRANKLIN’S FIRST LAND JOURNEY 1819–1821
  11. 11.IV. FRANKLIN’S SECOND LAND JOURNEY 1825–1827
  12. 12.V. THE EREBUS AND THE TERROR 1845
  13. 13.VI. ELISHA KENT KANE 1853
  14. 14.VII. WINTER IN RENSSELAER HARBOR 1853–1854
  15. 15.VIII. THE ESKIMOS 1854
  16. 16.IX. HUNTING IN THE ICY NORTH
  17. 17.X. HOME AGAIN 1855
  18. 18.XI. NORDENSKJÖLD AND THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE 1878–1879
  19. 19.XII. VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE 1879–1881
  20. 20.XIII. GREELY IN GRINNELL LAND 1881–1883
  21. 21.XIV. FARTHEST NORTH OF THE GREELY PARTY 1882
  22. 22.XV. LIEUTENANT SCHWATKA IN ALASKA 1883
  23. 23.XVI. NANSEN CROSSES GREENLAND 1888
  24. 24.XVII. THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAM 1893–1896
  25. 25.XVIII. PEARY CROSSES GREENLAND 1891–1897
  26. 26.XIX. ANDRÉE’S BALLOON EXPEDITION TO THE POLE 1897
  27. 27.XX. EXPEDITIONS OF 1902
  28. 28.XXI. THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE BY ROBERT E. PEARY 1909

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