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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    June 2016
    September 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107294769
    9781108071918
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107294769
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    1.12kg, 900 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Historical Geography, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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    Subjects:
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Historical Geography, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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    This 1875 manual presents a detailed scientific picture of Greenland and its Arctic environment. Edited by the geologist Thomas Rupert Jones (1819–1911), it was prepared for the British Arctic Expedition of the same year in order to inform and instruct the explorers. The work presents previously ascertained information, ranging from astronomical data, including observations of the northern lights, through to material on plant and animal life. Sir George Nares (1831–1915), the expedition's leader, had hoped the North Pole could be reached. Though this proved impossible, a team of his men set a record for the furthest northern latitude attained at the time. Underpinning the expedition's gathering of important scientific and geographical results, this manual clarifies for modern readers the specific objectives of late Victorian polar research. Nares' official 1876 report and his 1878 two-volume account of the journey are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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