The Romance Of Polar Exploration
by G. Firth Scott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Scott, G. Firth, 1862?-1935
- Title
- The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Gibbs, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Arctic regions
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 36802
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36802
- Release Date
- July 20, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY" BY G. FIRTH SCOTT
- 2.Preface
- 3.Publishers' Note
- 4.Contents
- 5.List of Illustrations
- 6.CHAPTER I THE ARCTIC REGION
- 7.CHAPTER II SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
- 8.CHAPTER III THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE VOYAGE OF THE POLARIS
- 10.CHAPTER V THE ALERT AND DISCOVERY
- 11.CHAPTER VI THE GREELY EXPEDITION
- 12.CHAPTER VII PEARY IN GREENLAND
- 13.CHAPTER VIII NANSEN AND THE FRAM
- 14.CHAPTER IX FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND SPITZBERGEN
- 15.CHAPTER X THE POLAR METEORITES
- 16.CHAPTER XI THE SECOND VOYAGE OF THE FRAM
- 17.CHAPTER XII ITALY CLAIMS THE RECORD
- 18.CHAPTER XIII THE ANTARCTIC REGION
- 19.CHAPTER XIV VOYAGES OF THE EREBUS AND TERROR
- 20.CHAPTER XV THE SOUTHERN CROSS EXPEDITION
- 21.CHAPTER XVI THE REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC INTEREST
- 22.CHAPTER XVII THE SWEDISH EXPEDITION
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII BRITAIN HOLDS HER OWN
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