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Beyond Petsora Eastward

Beyond Petsora Eastward

Pearson, Henry J.
Feilden, H. W.
Feilden, H. W.

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 110804154X
ISBN13: 9781108041546
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 29 2011
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1895, naturalists Henry J. Pearson (1859-1913) and Colonel H. W. Feilden (1838-1921) set out to Norway for the first time, aiming to study Arctic bird life, geology and botany. This book, first published in 1899, is a collection of their diary entries and papers. Full of humour and written almost novelistically, Pearson's diary describes his ornithological findings and the other noteworthy features of their voyages - he includes an anecdotal account of the process of catching a whale, and describes their own less than ideal ship, and the many difficulties of travelling in the often inhospitable and little-explored North. In the second half of the book, Feilden focuses on geology and botany in three technical papers accompanied by his own photographs. A remarkable account of an ambitious project, this book forms part of the nineteenth-century genre of scientific travel literature, and contains still-relevant information about the Arctic environment.

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