The Great Frozen Sea : A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875–6
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN-10
1108041493
ISBN-13
9781108041492
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2011
Print length
490 Pages
Weight
636 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.60 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
Historical geographyHistorical geography
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This is the first edition, published in 1878, of Albert Hastings Markham's fascinating eyewitness account of the famous British Arctic expedition of 1875–6, led by Sir George Nares. It includes details of the intrepid dog-sled journey which took the author further north than any previous Arctic explorer.
Sir Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) was a British Admiral and Arctic explorer. He joined the Royal Navy at fifteen and after postings in China, the Mediterranean and Australia he was promoted to Commander in 1872. For the next six years he took part in Arctic exploration, later writing fascinating accounts of his experiences. He was appointed as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria in 1888, and in 1903 he received a knighthood and was promoted to admiral. Published in 1878, this is the first of several editions of Markham's fascinating first-hand account of the British Arctic expedition of 1875–6. It describes the first passage through Nares Strait, named after the expedition's leader George Nares, and the intrepid dog-sled journey ,led by Markham, that took the party further north than any previous Arctic explorers. Nares' own account of the voyage is also reissued in this series.
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