Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899 : a narrative of the voyage of the Belgica among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole

Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899 a narrative of the voyage of the Belgica among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole

In this illustrated 1900 publication, Frederick Cook (1865-1940) gives a detailed account of his experiences on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to endure the harsh winter of the Antarctic. The goal of the expedition was scientific discovery, and Cook, the ship's doctor, tells an eng...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2015.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge library collection. Polar exploration.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39766901*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. In and about Rio de Janeiro
  • 2. From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo
  • 3. Organisation of the expedition
  • 4. The Belgica, her equipment, her comforts and discomforts
  • 5. Montevideo to Punta Arenas
  • 6. Punta Arenas, the southernmost town
  • 7. From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, through the Fuegian Channels
  • 8. A race of Fuegian giants
  • 9. Discoveries in a new world of ice
  • 10. Discoveries in a new world of ice (continued)
  • 11. From Dancoland to Alexander Islands
  • 12. Across the Antarctic Circle
  • first efforts to penetrate the pack
  • 13. Along the edge of the pack-ice
  • 14. Over unknown waters into the frozen sea
  • 15. Helpless in a hopeless sea of ice
  • 16. Bird's-eye view of the pack
  • autumnal tempests
  • 17. The fading days of the autumn
  • 18. The autumn (continued). Work and pastime
  • 19. The fading days of the autumn (continued)
  • 20. The days of twilight preceding the long night
  • 21. The South Polar night
  • departure of the sun
  • 22. The South Polar night (continued). Days of discontentment
  • 23. The South Polar night (continued). The death of Danco
  • 24. The South Polar night (continued). Midnight to dawn
  • 25. Spring
  • sunrise
  • twilight of dawn
  • 26. The spring (continued). Return of light
  • a sledge journey
  • 27. Summer
  • 28. Summer (continued)
  • 29. Freed from the ice-embraces
  • return to civilisation
  • Appendix.

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