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Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H. M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery.'. by Nares, George S. 1831-1915. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Sir George Nares took command of the British Arctic expedition of 1875-6 that hoped to reach the North Pole. Nares' popular two-volume account of the journey was published in 1878. Volume 1 describes the journey north, and covers the discovery of the channel later called Nares Strait, and the remarkable dog-sled expedition of second-in-command, Albert Markham, that set a new record for the farthest distance north achieved. Volume 2 describes the perilous return journey and includes extensive appendices written by H.W. Feilden, giving details of the expedition's scientific discoveries
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- Author
- Nares, George S. 1831-1915.
- Publisher
- S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878.
- Published
- 1878
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
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