The marvelous wonders of the Polar world
Subtitle: being a complete and authentic history of voyages and discoveries in the Polar regions, including the expeditions of Sir John Franklin, Lieut. Dehaven, Dr. Kane, Dr. Hayes, Admiral Rogers, Capt. Hall : Lieut. Schwatka's three-thousand-mile sledge journey : the cruise and loss of the Jeannette, the fate of Delong, and resue of Danenhower and Melville : closing with a full history of the Greely Expedition, being a record of unparalleled adventure, suffering and death
By: from the narratives of Lieut. Greely ... [et al.] and other gallant heroes who faced death that the world might know the mysteries of the Polar regions ... the whole carefully edited by Herman Dieck
Series: Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: National Pub. Co.
Published: 1885
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 527
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95032384 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no95032384; Greely Relief Expedition (1883) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98056494 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n98056494; Greely Relief Expedition (1884) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98056496 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n98056496; Jeannette (Ship)
Other titles: Wonders of the polar world.
Notes: "To which is added a full account of that appalling horror, cannibalism, as taken from the diaries of the members of the Greely Expedition."

"Profusely illustrated with scenes and incidents in the Polar regions and portraits of Arctic heroes from original sketches and photographs."

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Table of contents: title: Arctic explorations; title: Antarctic explorations.