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dc.contributor.authorBessels, Emil
dc.contributor.authorBarr, William
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-27 15:25:07
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:42:34Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:42:34Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier626399
dc.identifierOCN: 962129505en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31621
dc.description.abstractEmil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive. Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNorthern Lights
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherGreenland
dc.titlePolaris
dc.title.alternativeThe Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/oapen_626399
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9781552388761
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.place.publicationCalgary
oapen.grant.number100652
oapen.grant.programKU Select 2016 Front List Collection
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia page: Greenland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
oapen.identifier.isbn9781552388761
grantor.number100652
oapen.identifier.ocn962129505


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