Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899 : a narrative of the voyage of the "Belgica" among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole / by Frederick A. Cook ; with a new introduction by Baron Gaston de Gerlache.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Frederick A., author.

Contributor:

Gerlache, Gaston De, Baron, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belgica (Ship).

Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Belgian.

Antarctica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (587 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1980.

Contents:

Introduction

New Introduction

In and about Rio de Janeiro

From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo

Organisation of the Expedition

The Belgica, her Equipment, her Comforts and Discomforts

Montevideo to Punta Arenas

The Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town

From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, through the Fuegian Channels

A Race of Fuegian Giants

Discoveries in a New World of Ice

Discoveries in a New World of Ice (continued)

From Datlcoland to Alexander Islands

Across the Antarctic Circle- First Efforts to Penetrate the Pack

Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice

Over Unknown Waters into the Frozen Sea

Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice

Bird's-Eye View of the Pack- Autumnal Tempests

The Fading Days of Autumn

The Autumn (continued) Work and Past-time

The Fading Days of Autumn (continued)

The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night

The South Polar Night - Departure of the Susn

The South Polar Night (continued) Days of Discontentment

The South Polar Night (continued) The Death of Danco

The South Polar Night (continued) Midnight to Dawn

Spring-Sunrise-Twilight of Dawn

The Spring (continued) Return of Light- A Sledge Journey

Summer

Summer (continued)

Freed from the Ice-Embraces - Return to Civilisation

Appendix I General Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Ii The Antarctic Climate

III The Bathymetical Conditions of the Antacrctic Regions

IV Nautical Positions and Magnetic Deductions

V The Navigation of the Antarctic Ice-Pack

VI The Possibilities of Antarctic Exploration.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7735-9254-7

OCLC:

887633364