Arctic Mirage
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7995-2 (ISBN)
In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society and the University of Illinois. Its purpose was twofold: to discover whether an archipelago called Crocker Land--reportedly spotted by an earlier explorer in 1906--actually existed; and to engage in scientific research in the Arctic.
When explorers discovered that Crocker Land did not exist, they instead pursued their research, made a number of important discoveries and documented the region's indigenous inhabitants and natural habitat. Their return to America was delayed by the difficulty of engaging a relief ship, and by the danger of German submarines in Arctic waters during the World War I.
The late Winton U. Solberg was a retired Army officer. He served at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1951 to 1954. He then joined the faculty at Yale, going from there to an endowed chair at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and subsequently joining the history faculty at the University of Illinois in Urbana. On sabbaticals he taught at universities in Moscow and India among other foreign centers of learning.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part I. The Expedition in the Polar North
1. In the Beginning
2. “Hail, the Conquering Hero Comes”
3. Searching for Crocker Land
4. The Murder of Peeahwahto
Part II. The Expedition and Scientific Research
5. The Expedition Party in the Arctic
6. More Research, More Adventures
7. MacMillan’s Arctic Research
8. Returning Home
9. MacMillan’s Geographical Report
10. Full Circle
11. Fitzhugh Green: After Crocker Land
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 358 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7995-9 / 1476679959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7995-2 / 9781476679952 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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