True tales of Arctic heroism in the New world
By: by Major-General A.W. Greely.
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1912
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Rare Book Collection.
Notes: Gift; Bellingham Public Library; December 2006
Table of contents: title: The loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson; title: Franklin's crossing of the barren grounds; title: The retreat of Ross from the Victory; title: The discovery of the Northwest passage; title: The timely sledge journey of Bedford Pim; title: Kane's rescue of his freezing shipmates; title: How Woon won promotion; title: The Angekok Kalutunah and the starving whites; title: Dr. Rae and the Franklin mystery; title: Sonntag's fatal sledge journey; title: The heroic devotion of Lady Jane Franklin; title: The marvellous lee-drift of Captain Tysen; title: The saving of Petersen; title: Life on an East Greenland ice-pack; title: Parr's lonely march from the great frozen sea; title: Relief of American whalers at Point Barrow; title: The missionary's Arctic trail; title: Schwatka's summer search; title: The Inuit survivors of the stone age; title: The fidelity of Eskimo Bronlund; title: The wifely heroism of Mertuk, the daughter of Shung-Hu.