From Barrow to Boothia [[electronic resource] ] : the Arctic journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 / / edited and annotated by William Barr |
Autore | Dease Peter Warren |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 330 p. : ill., maps ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 917.19/5042 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarrWilliam |
Collana | Rupert's Land Record Society series |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Arctic Coast (Canada)
Cartographers - Arctic Coast (Canada) Cartography - Arctic Coast (Canada) - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-85958-7
9786612859588 0-7735-6957-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453974903321 |
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From Barrow to Boothia [[electronic resource] ] : the Arctic journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 / / edited and annotated by William Barr |
Autore | Dease Peter Warren |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 330 p. : ill., maps ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 917.19/5042 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarrWilliam |
Collana | Rupert's Land Record Society series |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Arctic Coast (Canada)
Cartographers - Arctic Coast (Canada) Cartography - Arctic Coast (Canada) - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-85958-7
9786612859588 0-7735-6957-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Illustrations and Maps -- The Men and Their Task -- Norway House to Fort Chipewyan -- The Winter at Fort Chipewyan -- Down the Slave and the Mackenzie -- West to Point Barrow and Back -- The First Wintering at Fort Confidence -- Eastwards, 1838 -- The Second Wintering at Fort Confidence -- Eastwards Again, 1839 -- Back South to Fort Simpson -- Aftermath -- Assessment -- Appendix: Biographical Sketches -- Published Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782079203321 |
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Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes [[electronic resource] ] : Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883–84) |
Autore | Gieseking Bernd |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baraka Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina |
917.19/52042
917.1952042 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Müller-WilleLudguer
BarrWilliam |
Soggetto topico |
Baffin Island (Nunavut) - Description and travel
Baffin Island (Nunavut) - Social life and customs - 19th century Baffin, IÌ‚le de (Nunavut) -- Descriptions et voyages Boas, Franz - Travel - Nunavut - Baffin Island Boas, Franz - Voyages - Nunavut - Baffin, Ile de Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 -- Travel -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island Inuit - Nunavut - Baffin Island - Social life and customs - 19th century Inuits - Nunavut - Baffin, Ile de - Murs et coutumes - 19e siecle Inuit - Social life and customs - 19th century - Baffin Island - Nunavut Whaling ships - History - 19th century - Baffin Island - Nunavut Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences Ethnic & Race Studies |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-926824-45-8
1-926824-46-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""PREFACE""; ""The arctic year of an ordinary German""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Wilhelm Weike with Franz Boasamong Inuit and whalers � duties and chronicling""; ""PART I""; ""WILHELM WEIKE""; ""Arctic Journal and Letters(1883-1884)""; ""Preparations and voyageon board the Germania (June 10 to August 27, 1883)""; ""About sea and ice � Letters fromon board the Germania (July 6 to August 26)""; ""Among Inuit, whalers, and polar researchers (August 28 to September 16)""; ""Boat trips and hikes(17 September to 22 October)""
""From an alien world�Letters from Qeqerten(August 28 to September 25)""""Life and death at Qeqerten (October 23 to December 10)""; ""On the ice and in iglus in Cumberland Sound(11 December 1883 to 7 January 1884)""; ""Frostbite and recovery at Qeqerten (January 8 to April 10)""; ""By dog team over Kingnait Passand along Davis Strait(April 11 to July 18)""; ""Waiting for the whaling ships at Qivitung (July 19 to August 24)""; ""Homeward voyage on board the Wolf (August 25 to September 1)""; ""Back in Germany�Correspondence with Franz Boas (1884-1889)""; ""PART 2""; ""WILHELM WEIKE"" ""Pleasures and leisure-time""""Health and illness""; ""Insights into Inuit culture""; ""Alcohol�the questionable drink of the Qallunaat""; ""Return to Minden�readjusting and marriage (October 1884 to December 1885)""; ""Move to and life in Berlin (1886-1917)""; ""Messages to and from Baffin Island (1884-1886)""; ""Wilhelm Weike through Franz Boas� eyes""; ""The Inuit and the Arctic�the Boasian enigma""; ""And who was Wilhelm Weike?""; ""Finale""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Individuals""; ""Institutions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480819103321 |
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Baraka Books, 2012 | ||
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Overland to Starvation Cove : with the Inuit in search of Franklin, 1878-1880 / / Heinrich Klutschak; translated and edited by William Barr |
Autore | Klutschak Heinric |
Edizione | [1st pbk. ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.91632 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Inuit - Canada |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04549-0
9786612045493 1-4426-7818-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Maps -- Preface -- The Search for Franklin -- 1. Schwatka's Franklin Search Party, 1878,1879, and 1880 -- 2. Sojourn in Hudson Bay from August 1878 to i April 1879 as an Acclimatization Period -- 3. The Trek to the Arctic Ocean Watershed, i April-4 May 1879 -- 4. From the Area of the Back River to King William's Land, 5 May-i2 June 1879 -- 5. From Cape Herschel to Cape Felix, 12 }une~3 July 1879 -- 6. The Main Search and Its Results 6 July-6 August 1879 -- 7. The Divided Search, 6 August to the End of September 1879 -- 8. In Permanent Camp, October 1879 -- 9. From King William's Land to the Dangerous Rapids on the Great Fish River, i November-i2 December 1879 -- 10. On the Back River, 12-31 December 1879 -- 11. The Overland March from 31 December 1879 until 27 February 1880 -- 12. The Final Stretch to Marble Island, 28 February-23 March 1880 -- 13. The Last Months in Hudson Bay, April-August 1880 -- 14. The limit of the American North -- Postscript -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456115803321 |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987 | ||
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Overland to Starvation Cove : with the Inuit in search of Franklin, 1878-1880 / / Heinrich Klutschak; translated and edited by William Barr |
Autore | Klutschak Heinric |
Edizione | [1st pbk. ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.91632 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Inuit - Canada |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-5583-6
1-282-04549-0 9786612045493 1-4426-7818-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Maps""; ""Preface""; ""The Search for Franklin""; ""1 Schwatka's Franklin Search Party, 1878,1879, and 1880""; ""2 Sojourn in Hudson Bay from August 1878 until 1 April 1879 as an Acclimatization Period""; ""3 The Trek to the Arctic Ocean Watershed, 1 April�4 May 1879""; ""4 From the Area of the Back River to King William's Land, 5 May�12 June 1879""; ""5 From Cape Herschel to Cape Felix, 12 June�3 July 1879""; ""6 The Main Search and Its Results, 6 July�6 August 1879""
""7 The Divided Search, 6 August to the End of September 1879""""8 In Permanent Camp, October 1879""; ""9 From King William's Land to the Dangerous Rapids on the Great Fish River, 1 November�12 December 1879""; ""10 On the Back River, 12�31 December 1879""; ""11 The Overland March from 31 December 1879 until 27 February 1880""; ""12 The Final Stretch to Marble Island, 28 February�23 March 1880""; ""13 The Last Months in Hudson Bay, April�August 1880""; ""14 The Inuit of the American North""; ""Postscript""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C"" ""D""""e""; ""f""; ""g""; ""h""; ""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780568003321 |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987 | ||
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Overland to Starvation Cove : with the Inuit in search of Franklin, 1878-1880 / / Heinrich Klutschak; translated and edited by William Barr |
Autore | Klutschak Heinric |
Edizione | [1st pbk. ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.91632 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | Inuit - Canada |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-5583-6
1-282-04549-0 9786612045493 1-4426-7818-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Maps""; ""Preface""; ""The Search for Franklin""; ""1 Schwatka's Franklin Search Party, 1878,1879, and 1880""; ""2 Sojourn in Hudson Bay from August 1878 until 1 April 1879 as an Acclimatization Period""; ""3 The Trek to the Arctic Ocean Watershed, 1 April�4 May 1879""; ""4 From the Area of the Back River to King William's Land, 5 May�12 June 1879""; ""5 From Cape Herschel to Cape Felix, 12 June�3 July 1879""; ""6 The Main Search and Its Results, 6 July�6 August 1879""
""7 The Divided Search, 6 August to the End of September 1879""""8 In Permanent Camp, October 1879""; ""9 From King William's Land to the Dangerous Rapids on the Great Fish River, 1 November�12 December 1879""; ""10 On the Back River, 12�31 December 1879""; ""11 The Overland March from 31 December 1879 until 27 February 1880""; ""12 The Final Stretch to Marble Island, 28 February�23 March 1880""; ""13 The Last Months in Hudson Bay, April�August 1880""; ""14 The Inuit of the American North""; ""Postscript""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C"" ""D""""e""; ""f""; ""g""; ""h""; ""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827933903321 |
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Polaris : : The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73 / / William Barr |
Autore | Barr William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (675 p.) |
Collana | Northern Lights |
Soggetto topico |
History / Polar Regions
History |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476786603321 |
Barr William
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Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 / / Emil Bessels ; translated from the German: Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879) [and edited] by William Barr |
Autore | Bessels Emil |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (674 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 919.8 |
Collana | Northern Lights, |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Polar Regions |
ISBN | 1-55238-877-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Expedition Members -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1 | Origin of the expedition and its outfitting -- 2 | From New York to Newfoundland -- 3 | From Newfoundland to Greenland -- 4 | From Holsteinsborg to the northernmost settlement on Earth -- 5 | Historical review -- 6 | Into unknown territory -- 7 | The first days in Polaris Bay -- 8 | The first sledge journey -- 9 | Hall's sledge trip -- 10 | In the realm of darkness -- 11 | The New Year -- 12 | Through darkness to the light -- 13 | The southern sledge trip -- 14 | Early summer -- 15 | The boat voyage north -- 16 | The summer -- 17 | Southward -- 18 | On terra firma -- 19 | An ethnographic sketch -- 20 | Further progress -- 21 | The start of the ice floe drift -- 22 | Between hopelessness and optimism -- 23 | Spring on the floe -- 24 | The seals -- 25 | Salvation -- 26 | The boat voyage in arctic waters -- 27 | Whaling -- 28 | The search -- 29 | Homeward bound -- Epilogue: Motive for Murder -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153174003321 |
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