Ice Ship

Author : Charles W. Johnson
Publisher : ForeEdge from University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611686040
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Ship written by Charles W. Johnson and published by ForeEdge from University Press of New England. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the golden age of polar exploration (from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s), many an expedition set out to answer the big questionÑwas the Arctic a continent, an open ocean beyond a barrier of ice, or an ocean covered with ice? No one knew, for the ice had kept its secret well; ships trying to penetrate it all failed, often catastrophically. NorwayÕs charismatic scientist-explorer Fridtjof Nansen, convinced that it was a frozen ocean, intended to prove it in a novel if risky way: by building a ship capable of withstanding the ice, joining others on an expedition, then drifting wherever it took them, on a relentless one-way journey into discovery and fame . . . or oblivion. Ice Ship is the story of that extraordinary ship, the Fram, from conception to construction, through twenty years of three epic expeditions, to its final resting place as a museum. It is also the story of the extraordinary men who steered the Fram over the course of 84,000 miles: on a three-year, ice-bound drift, finding out what the Arctic really was; in a remarkable four-year exploration of unmapped lands in the vast Canadian Arctic; and on a twoÐyear voyage to Antarctica, where another famous Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, claimed the South Pole. Ice Ship will appeal to all those fascinated with polar exploration, maritime adventure, and wooden ships, and will captivate readers of such books as The Endurance, In the Heart of the Sea, and The Last Place on Earth. With more than 100 original photographs, the book brings the Fram to life and light.

Author : Luis Senarens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 3752432128
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship written by Luis Senarens and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship by Luis Senarens

Author : Luis Senarens
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship; or, Driven Adrift in the Frozen Sky written by Luis Senarens and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship; or, Driven Adrift in the Frozen Sky" by Luis Senarens. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Hampton Sides
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307946916
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Kingdom of Ice written by Hampton Sides and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.

Author : Dyan Cross
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1927051479
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Code Name Habbakuk written by Dyan Cross and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2012 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late 1942, Britain was desperate to win the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. German U-boats had sunk hundreds of Allied ships containing millions of tons of cargo that was needed to continue the war effort. Prime Minister Churchill had to find a solution to the carnage or the Nazis would be victorious. With the support of Churchill and Lord Louis Mountbatten, eccentric inventor and amateur spy Geoffrey Pyke proposed a dramatic project to build invincible ships of ice--massive, unsinkable aircraft carriers that would roam the mid-Atlantic servicing fighter planes and bombers on missions to protect shipping from predatory U-boat wolf packs. This is the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Project Habbakuk and how an outlandish inventor, the British Navy, the National Research Council of Canada and a workforce of conscientious objectors tested the bizarre concept in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, far from the theatre of war.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overview of Federal Ship Chartering Practices written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. G. Tsoy
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527589374
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Optimization of Parameters for Ships Navigating in Ice written by L. G. Tsoy and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an analytical review of the world’s construction of icebreakers, detailing the prospects of navigation along the North Sea Route. It provides the results of engineering and cost efficiency feasibility studies (ECSs) for arctic icebreakers and ice-going new generation transport ships forming part of the Russian merchant fleet. The book considers theoretical and experimental studies of ice performance of domestic icebreakers, provides the results of research into the design and construction of ice navigation transport ships, and discusses aspects of safe navigation in ice conditions.

Author : Adolf K.Y. Ng
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 012819135X
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maritime Transport and Regional Sustainability written by Adolf K.Y. Ng and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Advances in Molecular Pathology will provide a comprehensive review of the most current practices, trends, and developments in the field of Molecular Pathology. Publishing on an annual basis, the volume will be divided into 7 sections: Genetics, Hematopathology, Infectious Disease, Pharmacogenomics, Informatics, Solid tumors, and Identity/HLA. Led by Dr. Gregory Tsongalis of Dartmouth University, a team of experienced pathologists from institutions across the country oversee annual topic and expert author selection. Offers the latest original research and theory for transfer into practice Applies evidence and theory drawn from cases across the globe Assesses major governmental maritime infrastructure initiatives and their relation to sustainability

Author : George William Blunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoir of the Dangers and Ice of the North Atlantic Ocean written by George William Blunt and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Group on Ice Forces written by Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: