Beyond Petsora Eastward

Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea

By:

Henry J Pearson

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

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In 1895, naturalists Henry J. Pearson (1859–1913) and Colonel H. W. Feilden (1838–1921) set out to Norway for the first time, aiming to study Arctic bird life, geology and botany. This book, first published in 1899, is a collection of their diary entries and papers. Full of humour and written almost novelistically, Pearson's diary describes his ornithological findings and the other noteworthy features of their voyages - he includes an anecdotal account of the process of catching a whale, and describes their own less than ideal ship, and the many difficulties of travelling in the often inhospitable and little-explored North. In the second half of the book, Feilden focuses on geology and botany in three technical papers accompanied by his own photographs. A remarkable account of an ambitious project, this book forms part of the nineteenth-century genre of scientific travel literature, and contains still-relevant information about the Arctic environment.

Release date Australia

December 29th, 2011

Author

Henry J Pearson

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Appendix by H. W. Feilden

Illustrations

1 Plates, color; 88 Plates, black and white; 8 Maps

Pages

538

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Dimensions

152x229x30

ISBN-13

9781108041546

Product ID

19266539

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