Nelsons Arctic Voyage
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Author |
: Peter Goodwin |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2019-05-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472954183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472954181 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nelson's Arctic Voyage by : Peter Goodwin
In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, and was supported by the Royal Society and King George III. Two bomb vessels HMS Racehorse and Carcass were fitted out and strengthened under the command of Captain Hon. Constantine Phipps. It was an extremely cold Arctic summer and the ships became locked in ice far from Spitzbergen and were unable to cut their way out until days later when the wind changed and the ice broke up. The ships were extricated and returned home. On the trip, the young Nelson had command of one of the smaller boats of the ships, a four-oared cutter manned by twelve seamen. In this he helped to save the crew of a boat belonging to the Racehorse from an attack by a herd of enraged walruses. He also had a more famous encounter with a polar bear, while attempting to obtain a bearskin as a present for his father, an exploit that later became part of the Nelson legend. Drawing on the ship's journals and expedition commander Phipps' journal from the National Archives, the book creates a picture of the expedition and life on board. Using the ships' muster books it also details the ship's crews giving the different roles and ranks in the ships. The book is illustrated using some of the ship's drawings and charts and pictures of many objects used on the ship, while a navigational chart of the route taken has been created from the logbooks. The book also looks at the overall concept of naval exploration as set in train by Joseph Banks and the Royal Society. The fact that the expedition failed as a result of poor planning with potentially tragic results demonstrates the difficulties and uncertainties of such an expedition. It also looks at a great naval commander at the earliest stage of his career and considers how the experience might have shaped his later career and attitudes. Other great captains and voyages are discussed alongside Nelson, including Captain Cook and his exploration of the south seas and the later ill-fated northern journeys of Franklin and Shackleton.
Author |
: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 4 |
Release |
: 1899 |
ISBN-10 |
: PURD:32754082697297 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Relief Expedition to the Arctic Ocean by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Author |
: Hampton Sides |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2015-05-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307946911 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307946916 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Kingdom of Ice by : Hampton Sides
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.
Author |
: Polar seas |
Publisher |
: London : T. Nelson |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 1882 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:600038823 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Recent expeditions to eastern polar seas. 1, Voyage of the Hansa and Germania, 2, Voyage of the Tegethoff by : Polar seas
Describes German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70 and the Austrian Arctic Expedition of 1872-74. The first explored the east coast of Greenland and the second steamed past Novaya Zemlya to Franz Josef Land.
Author |
: Stewart B. Nelson |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2007-08-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781465332097 |
ISBN-13 |
: 146533209X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sabotage in the Arctic by : Stewart B. Nelson
The story of Australian-born Sir Hubert Wilkins and the Nautilus is usually a brief footnote, if mentioned at all, of Arctic exploration history. However, it is a tale of daring enterprise and of men captivated by the pursuit of noble deeds. Having leased and extensively modified a decommissioned vintage World War I U.S. Navy submarine, the Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans Arctic Submarine Expedition of 1931 was marked by controversy from its inception. Many considered it a huge publicity stunt, especially the planned rendezvous at the North Pole with the German airship Graf Zeppelin. The Nautilus did make it into the Arctic but suspected sabotage ended Sir Huberts quest to be the first to use a submarine to cross the Arctic Ocean by way of the North Pole. An oceanographer, historian and author, Dr. Nelson is a Fellow of the Marine Technology Society, a member of the Explorers Club and the former president of the American Oceanic Organization.
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 692 |
Release |
: 1907 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105119078025 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nelson's Encyclopaedia by :
Author |
: John Huston Finley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 818 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:C2553092 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia by : John Huston Finley
Author |
: Constantine John Phipps |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1107256321 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781107256323 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Voyage Towards the North Pole by : Constantine John Phipps
Author |
: William Clark Russell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 440 |
Release |
: 1890 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105002314024 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Horatio Nelson and the Naval Supremacy of England by : William Clark Russell
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 878 |
Release |
: 1920 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951002313361N |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (1N Downloads) |
Synopsis Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia by :