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True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

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Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 09 hours and 08 minutes

Language: English

The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable account of the successes and failures of these early explorers comfortably from the armchair, and learn a lot of history in the processes. - Summary by Carolin

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Preface (BettyB)
The Loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson (BettyB)
Franklin's Crossing of the Barren Grounds (Kristine Bekere)
The Retreat of Ross from the Victory (Kristine Bekere)
The Discovery of the Northwest Passage (Kristine Bekere)
The Timely Sledge Journey of Bedford Pim (Mark Ernest)
Kane's Rescue of his Freezing Shipmates (Mark Ernest)
How Woon Won Promotion (Mark Ernest)
The Angekok Kalutunah and the Starving Whites (Mark Ernest)
Dr. Rae and the Franklin Mystery (Mark Ernest)
Sonntag's Fatal Sledge Journey (Mark Ernest)
The Heroic Devotion of Lady Jane Franklin (Martin Shewfelt)
The Marvellous Ice-Drift of Captain Tyson (Kristine Bekere)
The Saving of Petersen (Mark Ernest)
Life on an East Greenland Ice-Pack (Mark Ernest)
Parr's Lonely March from the Great Frozen Sea (Mark Ernest)
Relief of American Whalers at Point Barrow (Mark Ernest)
The Missionary's Arctic Trail (Mark Ernest)
Schwatka's Summer Search (Mark Ernest)
The Inuit Survivors of the Stone Age (Kristine Bekere)
The Fidelity of Eskimo Brönlund (Kristine Bekere)
The Wifely Heroism of Mertuk, the Daughter of Shung-Hu (BettyB)
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