Beyond Petsora Eastward : Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea Paperback / softback
by Henry J. Pearson
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration series
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
In 1895, naturalists Henry J. Pearson (1859–1913) and Colonel H. W. Feilden (1838–1921) set out to Norway for the first time, aiming to study Arctic bird life, geology and botany.
This book, first published in 1899, is a collection of their diary entries and papers.
Full of humour and written almost novelistically, Pearson's diary describes his ornithological findings and the other noteworthy features of their voyages - he includes an anecdotal account of the process of catching a whale, and describes their own less than ideal ship, and the many difficulties of travelling in the often inhospitable and little-explored North.
In the second half of the book, Feilden focuses on geology and botany in three technical papers accompanied by his own photographs.
A remarkable account of an ambitious project, this book forms part of the nineteenth-century genre of scientific travel literature, and contains still-relevant information about the Arctic environment.
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:538 pages, 1 Plates, color; 88 Plates, black and white; 8 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108041546
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:538 pages, 1 Plates, color; 88 Plates, black and white; 8 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108041546