The Polar World
A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
Published on 22. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-108-07336-3 (ISBN)
Description
The German scientific writer Georg Hartwig (1813-80) produced many popular works on geographical and natural history topics, among them this book, published in English in 1869. (An American version, with additional chapters, came out in the same year.) Unusually for the period, it surveyed exploration in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic, though the coverage of the latter makes up the bulk of the book. Hartwig's intention is 'to convey solid instruction under an entertaining form', combining the history of exploration with descriptions of the polar regions explored by the mid-century, including Siberia as well as the islands and ice packs of the Arctic Ocean. In this very readable work, Hartwig describes geography, geology and climate, as well as the survival strategies of plant, animal and human life in an extreme environment, using a very wide range of earlier published material to create an integrated narrative.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 3 Maps; 85 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
824 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-07336-3 (9781108073363)
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Content
Preface; Part I. The Arctic Regions: 1. The Arctic lands; 2. Arctic land quadrupeds and birds; 3. The Arctic seas; 4. Arctic marine animals; 5. Iceland; 6. History of Iceland; 7. The Icelanders; 8. The Westman Islands; 9. From Drontheim to the North Cape; 10. Spitzbergen, Bear Island, Jan Meyen; 11. Novaya Zemlya; 12. The Lapps; 13. Matthias Alexander Castren; 14. The Samojedes; 15. The Ostjaks; 16. Conquest of Siberia by the Russians; 17. Siberia, fur trade and gold diggings; 18. Middendorff's adventures in Taimurland; 19. The Jakuts; 20. Wrangel; 21. The Tungusi; 22. George William Steller; 23. Kamtschatka; 24. The Tchutchi; 25. Behring Sea, the Russian fur company, the Aleuts; 26. The Esquimaux; 27. The fur trade of the Hudson's Bay territories; 28. The Cree Indians; 29. The Tinne Indians; 30. The Loucheux, or Kutchin Indians; 31. Arctic voyages of discovery from the Cabots to Baffin; 32. Arctic voyages of discovery from Baffin to M'Clintock; 33. Kane and Hayes; 34. Newfoundland; 35. Greenland; Part II. The Antarctic Regions: 36. The Antarctic Ocean; 37. Antarctic voyages of discovery; 38. The Strait of Magellan; 39. Patagonia and the Patagonians; 40. The Fuegians; Index.