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Title

Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874 : nebst einer Skizze der Zweiten Deutschen Nordpol-Expedition 1869-1870 und der Polar-Expedition von 1871 / von Julius Payer ; mit 146 Illustrationen und 3 Karten.

Author

Payer, Julius, 1841-1915

Publication

Wien : Alfred Hölder, 1876.

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Details

Description

CVI, 696 pages, III folded leaves of plates : illustrations, 3 maps, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

"Contains an introduction describing the character, formation, appearance and behavior of the ice of the Arctic Ocean; navigational methods, problems of routes to, and historical material on the North Pole; and notes on equipment for Arctic expeditions. Narrative of the voyage from Norway to the waters northwest of Novaya Zemlya, the drift in the ice, Aug. 1872-Mar. 1874, the discovery and exploration by sledge of Franz Josef Land, including chapters on auroras, the technique of sledge travel and the effect of cold on the men. Account of the abandonment of the ship, Mar. 1874, and of the return by sledge and boat, May-Sept. 1874, via Novaya Zemlya to Vardø. Brief account (p. 659-96) of the voyage of the Isbjørn, June-Oct. 1871, which served as a preliminary expedition"--Arctic bibliography.

Subject

• Payer, Julius, 1841-1915 > Travel > Arctic regions
• Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881 > Travel > Arctic regions
• Admiral Tegetthoff (Ship)
• Österreichisch-Ungarische Polarexpedition (1872-1874)
• Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition 1869-1870)
• Geophysics > Arctic regions
• Meteorology > Research > Arctic regions
• Shipwreck survival > Arctic regions
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Barents Sea > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Franz Josef Land (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Northeast Passage > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Novai͡a Zemli͡a (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > German
• Greenland > Discovery and exploration > German

Note

• Author was one of commanders, with Karl Weyprecht, of the 1871 and 1872-1874 expeditions.
• The illustrations are chiefly woodcuts after drawings by the author.
• A portfolio of photographic reproductions of paintings by A. Obermüllner after twelve of Payer's drawings was published under the title: Die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition 1872-1874 (München, Berlin & London : Friedr. Bruckmann's Verlag ; Wien : G. Capellen, [1875]); accompanying explanatory letterpress by Payer. Also issued with explanatory letterpress in English under the title: The Austro-Hungarian (Payer-Wayprecht) North-Pole Expedition (London : Frederick Bruckmann, 1875).
• "Die meteorologischen Beobachtungen": pages 372-376.
• "Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpol-Expedition, 1869-1870": pages 459-655.
• "Die Polar-Expedition von 1871": pages 657-696 (describes a preliminary expedition led by Payer and Weyprecht to the Barents Sea in the summer of 1871).

Indexed In (note)

• Arctic bibliography

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Call Number

*Z-2905

OCLC

27792049

Author

Payer, Julius, 1841-1915, author, illustrator.

Title

Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874 : nebst einer Skizze der Zweiten Deutschen Nordpol-Expedition 1869-1870 und der Polar-Expedition von 1871 / von Julius Payer ; mit 146 Illustrationen und 3 Karten.

Publisher

Wien : Alfred Hölder, 1876.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

microform

Type of Carrier

microfilm reel

Indexed In:

Arctic bibliography, v. 2 (1953), page 1965, entry 13204

Reproduction

Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, [19--]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-16369)

Research Call Number

*Z-2905