True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World
by A. W. Greely
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About this eBook
- Author
- Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935
- Credits
- Produced by Henry Flower, Greg Bergquist 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
- eBook-No.
- 39108
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39108
- Release Date
- March 11, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TRUE TALES OF ARCTIC HEROISM — TRUE TALES OF ARCTIC HEROISM IN THE NEW WORLD
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.LIST OF MAPS
- 6.THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON
- 7.FRANKLIN'S CROSSING OF THE BARREN GROUNDS
- 8.THE RETREAT OF ROSS FROM THE VICTORY
- 9.THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
- 10.THE TIMELY SLEDGE JOURNEY OF BEDFORD PIM
- 11.KANE'S RESCUE OF HIS FREEZING SHIPMATES
- 12.HOW WOON WON PROMOTION
- 13.THE ANGEKOK KALUTUNAH AND THE STARVING WHITES
- 14.DR. RAE AND THE FRANKLIN MYSTERY
- 15.SONNTAG'S FATAL SLEDGE JOURNEY
- 16.THE HEROIC DEVOTION OF LADY JANE FRANKLIN
- 17.THE MARVELLOUS ICE-DRIFT OF CAPTAIN TYSON
- 18.THE SAVING OF PETERSEN
- 19.LIFE ON AN EAST GREENLAND ICE-PACK
- 20.PARR'S LONELY MARCH FROM THE GREAT FROZEN SEA
- 21.RELIEF OF AMERICAN WHALERS AT POINT BARROW
- 22.THE MISSIONARY'S ARCTIC TRAIL
- 23.SCHWATKA'S SUMMER SEARCH
- 24.THE INUIT SURVIVORS OF THE STONE AGE
- 25.THE FIDELITY OF ESKIMO BRÖNLUND
- 26.THE WIFELY HEROISM OF MERTUK, THE DAUGHTER OF SHUNG-HU
- 27.THE SCRIBNER SERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE — BOOKS FOR BOYS — BOOKS FOR GIRLS
- 28.FOOTNOTES:
- 29.Transcriber's Notes
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