The frozen zone and its explorers
Subtitle: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions, including recent German and Swedish expeditions; Captain Nare's English expedition; Prof. Nordenskiold's discovery of a northeast passage; the sailing of the Jeannette, etc.
By: Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-five engravings and maps. Written and comp. from authentic sources, by Alexander Hyde, A.M., Rev. A.C. Baldwin and Rev. W.L. Gage.
Contributors: Baldwin, A. C. 1804-1887, joint author.; Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889, joint author.; Shields, Charles W. 1825-1904.
Publisher: R.W. Bliss & company; A.L. Bancroft & co.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Hartford, Conn; San Francisco, Cal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 834
Subjects: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Polaris (Ship); Jeannette (Ship); Arctic regions
Other titles: Adventures in frost-land
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Added t.-p., engr.
"A sketch of the life of Elish Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N. by Prof. Charles W. Shields": p. 1-18.