With Scott Before the Mast (British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913)
by Francis Davies
British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913. My interview with Captain Scott, he explained what would be expected of me. My principal job, he said, would be the erection of Winter Quarters for the Southern party, which was to make an attempt to reach the South Pole..... He also told me that I would be paid GBP40 a year, adding that if I made a success of the job, he wouldn't say what he would do for me, but if on the other hand, I failed to come up to scratch, I would be for the high jump. The geog...
Across the Top of the World (Delta Expedition)
by Professor David E Fisher
A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings (A Maverick, #7)
by Mary Jane Walker
The Northwest Passage proved so elusive for so long that many sailors and explorers believed it didn't actually exist. A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic archipelago, it wasn't until Roald Amundsen's 1903-06 voyage that the Northwest Passage's existence was finally proved, but the transit is treacherous and entirely dependent upon the ice giving up its grip for sufficient time to allow vessels through. This is not a journey undertaken by average sailors in...
Aspects of Arctic and Sub-Arctic History
by Ingi Sigurosson, Gisli Sigurdsson, and Jon Skaptason
Meine Schonsten Reisen (1) Kanadische Arktis Mit Dem Eisbrecher
by Gerda Bromel
Eine Hochzeit in der mongolischen Steppe
by Hannelore Furch, Peter Lechler, and Thomas Schricker
Reise nach den Inseln Teneriffa, Trinidad, St. Thomas, St. Crux und Porto Rico
by Peter Ledru
