Polaris

The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73

Emil Bessels (Ursprünglicher Autor)

Buch | Softcover
2016
University of Calgary Press (Verlag)
978-1-55238-875-4 (ISBN)

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Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73, on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe.

Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive.

Polaris includes considerable detail which does not appear elsewhere. It is the only account of the expedition which includes rich scientific information about anthropology, geology, flora and fauna and provides much more information than other accounts on the Greenland settlements Polaris visited on her way north.

Bessels' is the only published first-hand account of the second wintering of part of the ship's complement on shore at Polaris House, near Littleton Island, and of that party's attempt at travelling south by boat until picked up by the Scottish whaler Ravenscraig. The same applies to the cruise aboard the whaler, Arctic, after Bessels and his companions transferred to that ship.

Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader.

William Barr is a research fellow at the Arctic Institute of North America. A glacial geomorphologist by training, his major research focus is the history of exploration in the Arctic, a subject on which he has published extensively. In May 2006, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Historical Association for his contributions to the historiography of the Canadian North.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Northern Lights
Übersetzer William Barr
Zusatzinfo 46 engravings, 4 maps
Verlagsort Calgary
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 226 mm
Gewicht 1014 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-55238-875-1 / 1552388751
ISBN-13 978-1-55238-875-4 / 9781552388754
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