Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899 :A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" among Newly Discovered Lands and over an Unknown Sea about the South Pole

Publication subTitle :A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" among Newly Discovered Lands and over an Unknown Sea about the South Pole

Author: Cook; Frederick A. Gerlache; Gaston De; Baron  

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press‎

Publication year: 1980

E-ISBN: 9780773592544

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773505148

Subject: K1 World History

Keyword: 世界史

Language: ENG

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Contents

New Introduction

Chapter I In and about Rio de Janeiro

Chapter II From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo

Chapter III Organisation of the Expedition

Chapter IV The Belgicn, her Equipment, her Comforts and Discomforts

Chapter V Montevideo to Punta Arenas

Chapter VI Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town

Chapter VII From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, Through the Fuegian Channels

Chapter VIII A Race of Fuegian Giants

Chapter IX Discoveries in a New World of Ice

Chapter X Discoveries in a New World of Ice (continued)

Chapter XI From Dancoland to Alexander Islands

Chapter XII Across the Antarctic Circle - First Efforts to Penetrate the Pack

Chapter XIII Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice

Chapter XIV Over Unknown Waters into the Frozen Sea

Chapter XV Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice

Chapter XVI Bird's-Eye View of the Pack - Autumnal Tempests

Chapter XVII The Fading Days of the Autumn

Chapter XVIII The Autumn (continued). Work and Pastime

Chapter XIX The Fading Days of the Autumn (continued)

Chapter XX The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night

Chapter XXI The South Polar Night - Departure of the Sun

Chapter XXII The South Polar Night (continued). Days of Discontentment

Chapter XXIII The South Polar Night (continued). The Death of Danco

Chapter XXIV The South Polar Night (continued). Midnight to Dawn

Chapter XXV Spring - Sunrise - Twilight of Dawn

Chapter XXVI The Spring (continued) - Return of Light - A Sledge Journey

Chapter XXVII Summer

Chapter XXVIII Summer (continued)

Chapter XXIX Freed from the Ice-Embraces - Return to Civilisation

APPENDIX

I General Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Geography and Geology

Astronomy and Magnetism

Meteorology

Ice

Oceanography

Zoology and Botany

II The Antarctic Climate

III The Bathymetrical Conditions of the Antarctic Regions

IV Nautical Positions and Magnetic Deductions

V The Navigation of the Antarctic Ice-Pack

VI The Possibilities of Antarctic Exploration

Index

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