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1 online resource (368) |
| Contents |
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Plates -- HOW PEARY REACHED THE POLE -- Foreword -- 1 Farthest North in 1906 -- 2 Heading North in 1908 -- 3 Good-Byes at Sydney -- 4 From Parry to Peary -- 5 Labrador -- 6 Davis Strait and Baffin Bay -- 7 The Peary Eskimos -- 8 Etah and Walrus-Hunting -- 9 North to the Polar Sea -- 10 Arctic Travel -- 11 The Arctic Night -- 12 Surveying in Grant Land -- 13 Cape Columbia -- 14 Eskimo Companions -- 15 Arctic Technique -- 16 Planning for the Dash -- 17 Out Over the Sea Ice -- 18 Frozen Feet -- 19 Back to the Roosevelt -- 20 To Cape Morris Jesup -- 21 Peary Back from the Pole -- 22 What Can Be Done with Dogs -- 23 Greely's Old Camp at Fort Conger -- 24 Back to the Roosevelt Again -- 25 Wild Life of the Arctic -- 26 Dr. Cook and his North Pole -- Appendix -- Photograph Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
In 1934 Donald B. MacMillan, an accomplished explorer, wrote about his early career as a member of Robert E. Peary's 1908-09 North Pole Expedition. Now available for the first time since its original publication, this expanded edition of How Peary Reached the Pole features a biography of MacMillan and thirty-six images from his hand-tinted lantern slides. MacMillan used the journal he kept during the expedition to provide an intimate view of day-to-day activities and relationships with other members of the party, detailing how he learned to drive dog teams, camp in sub-zero temperatures, and travel safely across the ice-covered Polar Sea. MacMillan's experiences and deep admiration for Peary's methods, leadership, and many accomplishments make for fascinating reading. How Peary Reached the Pole allows us to see Arctic landscapes and Inughuit culture as MacMillan experienced them, providing a perspective from which to consider the northern environmental and cultural issues that continue to concern individuals and nations today, one hundred years after Peary's historic expedition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 -- Travel -- Arctic regions
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 -- Travel -- Arctic regions
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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 fast |
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 fast |
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Explorers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Discoveries in geography
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Explorers
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Travel
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006958
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North Pole -- Discovery and exploration
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Arctic Ocean -- North Pole
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Arctic Regions
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010502368 |
| ISBN |
9780773575202 |
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0773575200 |
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9780773577701 |
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077357770X |
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0773534504 |
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9780773534506 |
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