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Dawn in Arctic Alaska / / by Diamond Jenness ; ill. by Giacomo Raimondi



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Autore: Jenness Diamond <1886-1969.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dawn in Arctic Alaska / / by Diamond Jenness ; ill. by Giacomo Raimondi Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1957]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 917.98
Soggetto topico: Eskimos - Alaska
Altri autori: RaimondiGiacomo  
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...
Titolo autorizzato: Dawn in Arctic Alaska  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822374203321
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