Unchained Man
The Arctic Life and Times of Captain Robert Abram Bartlett
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2023
Boulder Books (Verlag)
978-1-927099-94-0 (ISBN)
Boulder Books (Verlag)
978-1-927099-94-0 (ISBN)
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In March 1914, two men began a perilous 700 mile walk across the barren ice fields of the Arctic Oceanto Siberiaon a near-impossible rescue missionto save the stranded crew and passengers of theshipKarluk,which had beencrushed and sunkby ice.One of those making this trek was legendary captain Robert Abram Bartlett who,five years earlier,hadnavigated Robert Pearys expedition to reach theNorth Pole. Based on research in four countries,Unchained Manexplores the truth behind the myth of Robert Bartlett, while honouring the life of a central figure in international polar exploration and Arctic history.
Maura Hanrahan is a professor of Humanities at the University of Lethbridge and author of several books, including Tsunami, which tells the story of the 1929 catastrophe that killed numerous people in Newfoundland. The book received the Heritage and History Award and was short-listed for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-fiction. Another book, Domino: The Eskimo Coast Disaster, tells the story of a devastating hurricane in Labrador in 1885.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Black & White Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Portugal Cove-St Philip's |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 212 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-927099-94-3 / 1927099943 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-927099-94-0 / 9781927099940 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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