1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454466203321

Autore

Jenness Diamond <1886-1969.>

Titolo

Dawn in Arctic Alaska [[electronic resource] /] / by Diamond Jenness ; ill. by Giacomo Raimondi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1957]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RaimondiGiacomo

Disciplina

917.98

Soggetti

Eskimos - Alaska

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The author's experiences as a member of the Stefansson Expedition.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

DAWN IN ARCTIC ALASKA; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

""The Karluk had disappeared. Whether the vessel had freed itself from the ice and steamed eastward, or whether, still imprisoned, it had been carried by the ice westward, we could not know. In any case it was gone, leaving our hunting party of six men marooned on a sandy islet surrounded by thin ice and open water. The wind finally died away, in the calm air the water rapidly froze over again, and on September 30 we crossed with our two sleds to the mainland."". In 1913 a young ethnologist from New Zealand boarded a ship for the Arctic, beginning a personal journey that was to make Diamond Je



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708019503321

Autore

Wong Leonard

Titolo

Lying to ourselves : dishonesty in the Army profession / / Leonard Wong, Stephen J. Gerras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlisle, PA : , : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 35 pages)

Soggetti

Soldiers - Professional ethics - United States

Military ethics - United States

Truthfulness and falsehood - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2015."

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).