An edition of Three years of Arctic service
(1886)
Three years of Arctic service
an account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north
by A. W. Greely
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Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north
1886, Charles Scribner's Sons
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Table of Contents
Volume I :
Preface
Orders and instructions governing the organization and management of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
1. The pioneers of Smith Sound
2. International circumpolar stations
3. Greenland
4. Organization and equipment
5. The voyage to Upernivik
6. Melville Bay to Fort Conger
7. The return of the Proteus
8. Fort Conger
9. Autumn sledging
10. Sunlight to darkness
11. Our scientific observations
12. Hygiene and routine
13. Sledging in the Arctic twilight
14. Our first dark days
15. Christmas and the New Year
16. Winter events
17. Preparations for sledging
18. Thank God Harbor and Hall's grave
19. Establishing depots
20. Northward over the frozen sea
21. Chandler Fiord
22. Lake Hazen
23. The farthest north : Conger to Cape Bryant
24. The farthest north : Cape Bryant to Cape Washington
25. Lockwood Island and return
26. Springtime and summer
27. Summer explorations
28. Summer explorations (concluded)
29. Launch trips
Volume II :
30. Our second winter
31. Northward again
32. The crossing of Grinnell Land
33. Polar ice
34. Preparations for retreat
35. From Conger to Cape Baird
36. Kennedy Channel
37. Rawlins Bay to Cape Hawks
38. Our besetment
39. Striving for the shore
40. News of the Proteus
41. Going into winter quarters
42. Collecting our supplies
43. The trip to Isabella
44. Winter quarters
45. Winter quarters (continued)
46. Preparations to cross Smith Sound
47. New lands and various fortunes
48. The beginning of the end
49. The last of our rations
50. The end : by death and by rescue
51. Conclusion
Appendix I : Means of the meteorological observations made at Fort Conger, Grinnnel Land, 1881-1883
Appendix II : Mean pressures and temperatures at international stations, 1882-1883
Appendix III : Mean and minimum temperatures at various polar stations
Appendix IV : Maximum thickness of salt-water ice observed at various polar stations
Appendix V : Results of sound experiment at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land
Appendix VI : Ethnology
Appendix VII : Natural history notes
Appendix VIII : Ornithology
Appendix IX : Botany
Appendix X : Mosses and lichens
Appendix XI : Report on the medusæ collected by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, Lieut. A. W. Greely commanding
Appendix XII : On salmon caught in Lake Alexandra
Appendix XIII : Account of aural displays accompanying the great magnetic storm of November 15-19, 1882, noted at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land
Appendix XIV : Report of Sergeant D. L. Brainard on a petrified forest discovered May 20, 1883, near Cape Baird
Appendix XV : Report of Sergeant Hampden S. Gardiner on the fossils collected at Cape Cracroft
Appendix XVI : List of game obtained by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition within the Arctic Circle.
Edition Notes
"With nearly one hundred illustrations made from photographs taken by the party, and with the official maps and charts."--T.p.
Includes index.
Rare Book copy: Library binding.
Rare Book copy: From the library of Bassett Jones.
Rare Book copy: Volume 1: Tipped-in typed letter signed to Bassett Jones from the author, Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C., April 15, 1931, discussing his career as well as his and Bassett Jones's polar libraries.
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