New Lands within the Arctic Circle
Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in the Years 1872–1874
Volume 2
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- Author: Julius von Payer
- Date Published: December 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108041454
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This two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer (1841–1915), originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 2 describes the crew's exploration of Franz-Josef Land by sledge, and their survival by means of bear-hunting, rationing of food, and making clothes from animal skins, in severe weather conditions, and encountering the challenges posed by icebergs and glaciers, until they were able to make their way to safety. The work contains both maps and paintings, the latter by von Payer himself.
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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108041454
- length: 326 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- contains: 59 b/w illus. 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
The Sledge Journeys:
1. The exploration of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land resolved on
2. Of sledge travelling in general
3. The equipment of a sledge expedition
4. The first sledge journey
5. The cold
6. A general description of Kaiser Franz-Josef Land
7. The second sledge expedition. Austria Sound
8. In the extreme north
9. The return to the ship
10. The third sledge journey
11. The Tegetthoff abandoned. Return to Europe:
1. Last days on the Tegetthoff
2. On the frozen sea
3. On the open sea
Appendix:
1. Meteorological observations
2. Direction and force of the wind
Index.-
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