Scott's forgotten surgeon
Subtitle: Dr. Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer
By: Aubrey A. Jones
Publisher: Whittles Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dunbeath, Scotland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781849950381
Subjects: Physicians; Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899; Medical care; British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904); Ship physicians; Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Discovering Koettlitz; title: Acknowledgements; title: Part 1. Origins of the man; title: 1. From Prussia to Dover; title: 2. A practice in Durham; title: 3. Frederick George Jackson; title: Part 2. Early expeditions; title: 4. Franz Josef Land and the Eira; title: 5. The expedition sets out; title: 6. The first winter at Cape Flora; title: 7. Spring sledging operations commence; title: 8. Russian roulette and heading west; title: 9. Death nears the Mary Harmsworth; title: 10. The second winter at Cape Flora; title: 11. Jackson heads north once more; title: 12. An historic moment; title: 13. The final year at Cape Flora; title: 14. The geology of Franz Josef Land; title: Part 3. Through Africa and South America; title: 15. Weld Blundell Expedition to Africa; title: 16. For England and St. George; title: 17. Homeward bound; title: 18. Planning for the Antarctic; title: 19. Liverpool to Manaos; title: 20. The Antarctic beckons; title: Part 4. Antarctica; title: 21. To the South; title: 22. Through the Southern Ocean; title: 23. The first winter on Antarctica; title: 24. Sledging season 1902-1903; title: 25. Shackleton's departure; title: 26. The mystery of colour photography; title: 27. The second winter and surgery; title: 28. The release of the discovery; title: Part 5. Return to Africa; title: 29. Final days in England; title: 30. The rural doctor and farmer; title: 31. Death of an explorer; title: Appendices; title: Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Josef Land 1894-1897; title: Herbert Weld Blundell Expedition to North East Africa 1898-1899; title: National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904; title: First colour photographs of the Antarctic continent by Dr. Reginald Koettlitz 1902-1904; title: Index.