| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, xv, 478 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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First edition: London [England] : Heinemann, 1900. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Belgian Antarctic Expedition.
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Belgica (Ship)
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Belgica (Ship) |
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Expédition antarctique belge. |
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Belgica (Navire) |
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Expédition antarctique belge (1897-1899) |
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Belgian.
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Antarctica. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gerlache, Gaston de, author of introduction, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0773505148 9780773505148 (DLC) 81129738 (CaOONL) 810019051 |
| ISBN |
9780773592544 (electronic book) |
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0773592547 (electronic book) |
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0773592547 |
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0773505148 (print) |
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9780773505148 (print) |
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