On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea, Volume 1
Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, a grandson of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy, was well known as a mountaineer and traveller when, in 1899, he organised an expedition to the Arctic, obtaining a steam whaling ship in Oslo which he renamed the Stella Polare. His ambition was to reach the highest poss...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge library collection. Polar Exploration
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Plan of the expedition
- Preparation and departure of the expedition
- In Barentz Sea and Queen Victoria Sea
- In Barentz Sea and Queen Victoria Sea (continued)
- Prince Rudolph Island
- We abandon the ship
- The last days of light
- The polar night and the feasts of Christmas and the new year
- The polar night and the preparations for our departure
- Departure of the expedition towards the pole
- Long and painful expectation of the return of the first detachment
- Return of Dr. Cavalli and Commander Cagni
- Captain Cagni breaks the polar record. Is it impossible to reach the pole?
- A polar summer
- The ship is set free
- Our return to Cape Flora. Our arrival in Norway