The Threshold of the Unknown Region
Auteur : Clements Robert Markham
Date de publication : 1876
Éditeur : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Nombre de pages : 463
Résumé du livre
Historical review of arctic exploration with chapters discussing Barents, Hudson, the Spitzbergen route, the east coast of Greenland, Baffin Bay, etc. This edition has been enlarged with six new chapters relating to the Norwegian voyages off Novaya Zemlya, the British Arctic Expedition under Nares in 1875 and the public awards for arctic discoveries.