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How Peary reached the Pole : the personal story of his assistant / by Donald B. MacMillan ; introduction by Genevieve M. LeMoine, Susan A. Kaplan, and Anne Witty.
LIBRA - Rare G670 1909 .M33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970, author.
- LeMoine, Genevieve M., author of introduction.
- Kaplan, Susan A., 1951- author of introduction.
- Witty, Anne, author of introdiuction.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970--Travel--Arctic regions.
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920--Travel--Arctic regions.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
- Arctic regions.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- North Pole.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Travel.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- Arctic Regions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- xlvi, 305 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- "In 1934 Donald B. MacMillan, an accomplished explorer, wrote about his early career as a member of Robert E. Peary's 1908-09 North Pole Expedition. Now available for the first time since its original publication, this expanded edition of How Peary Reached the Pole features a biography of MacMillan and thirty-six images from his hand-tinted lantern slides. MacMillan used the journal he kept during the expedition to provide an intimate view of day-to-day activities and relationships with other members of the party, detailing how he learned to drive dog teams, camp in sub-zero temperatures, and travel safely across the ice-covered Polar Sea. MacMillan's experiences and deep admiration for Peary's methods, leadership, and many accomplishments make for fascinating reading. How Peary Reached the Pole allows us to see Arctic landscapes and Inughuit culture as MacMillan experienced them, providing a perspective from which to consider the northern environmental and cultural issues that continue to concern individuals and nations today, one hundred years after Peary's historic expedition."--Pub. desc.
- Contents:
- How Peary Reached the Pole
- 1. Farthest North in 1906
- LB@@2. Heading North in 1908
- 3. Good-Byes at Sydney
- 4. From Parry to Peary
- 5. Labrador
- 6. Davis Strait and Baffin Bay
- 7. The Peary Eskimos
- 8. Etah and Walrus-Hunting
- 9. North to the Polar Sea
- 10. Arctic Travel
- 11. The Arctic Night
- 12. Surveying in Grant Land
- 13. Cape Columbia
- 14. Eskimo Companions
- 15. Arctic Technique
- 16. Planning for the Dash
- 17. Out Over the Sea Ice
- 18. Frozen Feet
- 19. Back to the Roosevelt
- 20. To Cape Morris Jesup
- 21. Peary Back from the Pole
- 22. What Can Be Done with Dogs
- 23. Greely's Old Camp at Fort Conger
- 24. Back to the Roosevelt Again
- 25. Wild Life of the Arctic
- 26. Dr. Cook and his North Pole.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1914 by Houghton Mifflin .
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G670 1909 .M33 2008 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9780773534506
- 0773534504
- OCLC:
- 229034720
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