Arctic Adventures

Author : Peter Freuchen
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787202526
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Adventure written by Peter Freuchen and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole—adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way. Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear hunts, enduring starvation, encountering people who had resorted to cannibalism, and the stirring experience of seeing the sun again after three months of winter darkness. Rich in human saga, Freuchen’s warmth, wit, and literary talent make this recollection of real-life adventure stories a stand-out. “Except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time.”—Evelyn Stefansson, The New York Times “[A] formidable and fascinating man”—Harriet Baker, AnOther Richly illustrated throughout with maps and black-and-white photographs.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022604999X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Work written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This e-book features the complete text found in the print edition of Dangerous Work, without the illustrations or the facsimile reproductions of Conan Doyle's notebook pages. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked upon the “first real outstanding adventure” of his life, taking a berth as ship’s surgeon on an Arctic whaler, the Hope. The voyage took him to unknown regions, showered him with dramatic and unexpected experiences, and plunged him into dangerous work on the ice floes of the Arctic seas. He tested himself, overcame the hardships, and, as he wrote later, “came of age at 80 degrees north latitude.” Conan Doyle’s time in the Arctic provided powerful fuel for his growing ambitions as a writer. With a ghost story set in the Arctic wastes that he wrote shortly after his return, he established himself as a promising young writer. A subsequent magazine article laying out possible routes to the North Pole won him the respect of Arctic explorers. And he would call upon his shipboard experiences many times in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, who was introduced in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet. Out of sight for more than a century was a diary that Conan Doyle kept while aboard the whaler. Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure makes this account available for the first time. With humor and grace, Conan Doyle provides a vivid account of a long-vanished way of life at sea. His careful detailing of the experience of arctic whaling is equal parts fascinating and alarming, revealing the dark workings of the later days of the British whaling industry. In addition to the transcript of the diary, the e-book contains two nonfiction pieces by Doyle about his experiences; and two of his tales inspired by the journey. To the end of his life, Conan Doyle would look back on this experience with awe: “You stand on the very brink of the unknown,” he declared, “and every duck that you shoot bears pebbles in its gizzard which come from a land which the maps know not. It was a strange and fascinating chapter of my life.” Only now can the legion of Conan Doyle fans read and enjoy that chapter.

Author : Debra Wideroe
Publisher : Adventures of Camellia N.
ISBN 13 : 9780997085112
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Camellia N. written by Debra Wideroe and published by Adventures of Camellia N.. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey with pint size explorer, Camellia N. as she sails off on her first exciting adventure to the northernmost part of the earth... the Arctic. Explore this enchanted region as Camellia learns what makes the Arctic one of the most magical locations on our planet.

Author : Elizabeth O'Connell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578336807
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Apun the Arctic Fox written by Elizabeth O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Freuchen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventures in the Arctic written by Peter Freuchen and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dani Redd
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008469121
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arctic Curry Club written by Dani Redd and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s possible to find home in the most unexpected places...

Author : Gail Herman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439684019
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Adventures written by Gail Herman and published by . This book was released on 2005-07-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.

Author : Willard Price
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099482274
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Adventure written by Willard Price and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Adrift in a savage land of ice and snow' Hal and Roger Hunt are colder than they've ever been in their lives, up among the ice floes of Greenland. This harsh land holds many dangers, from killer whales to grizzly bears, but an evil man may turn out to be the deadliest threat the boys have to face.

Author : Sally Isaacs
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1623706076
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure written by Sally Isaacs and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A woman and a dog make their way to the magnetic North Pole on foot--the first trip of this nature"--

Author : W.H.G Kingston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752387815
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Adventures written by W.H.G Kingston and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Arctic Adventures by W.H.G Kingston