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(3.75) | Keine | "In May 1829, after eleven years of being denied command of a ship, Captain John Ross set sail on Victory, the first steamer to brave the Arctic waters. With his reputation and career at stake, he went outside of His Majesty's Royal Navy to have his expedition privately financed - to prove that steam was the answer to navigating the ice-strewn waters of the Arctic and that the fabled Northwest Passage did indeed exist." "Key to Ross's plan was Fury Beach, site of the wreck of the HMS Fury several years earlier. Ross was counting on the stores from the lost ship to be intact, to replenish his own crew's provisions. And though they were, Fury Beach was also the place where they became icebound in the Canadian Arctic. Trapped by the shifting floes, brutal storms, and extreme temperatures, the expeditioners changed their goal to mere survival. With the help of the Inuits of Boothia Peninsula, Ross and his crew would attempt to make it through months, and then years, in these barren, hostile surroundings - and return home." "Fury Beach is the story of an epic journey, undertaken by a man driven by honor and by a crew of seamen whose courage knew no bounds. It is also the tale of an extraordinary friendship between cultures - forged in the most extraordinary of lands."--BOOK JACKET.… (mehr) |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. The winter went, the summer went,
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But the hard, green ice was strong as death,
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George H. Baker
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. Preface -- I admit to a morbid curiosity about adventures in cold, icy regions -- the more tragic, the better. Introduction -- The year 1829 brought the eleventh consecutive year that Captain John Ross was denied command of a ship. | |
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▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf Englisch (3)▾Buchbeschreibungen "In May 1829, after eleven years of being denied command of a ship, Captain John Ross set sail on Victory, the first steamer to brave the Arctic waters. With his reputation and career at stake, he went outside of His Majesty's Royal Navy to have his expedition privately financed - to prove that steam was the answer to navigating the ice-strewn waters of the Arctic and that the fabled Northwest Passage did indeed exist." "Key to Ross's plan was Fury Beach, site of the wreck of the HMS Fury several years earlier. Ross was counting on the stores from the lost ship to be intact, to replenish his own crew's provisions. And though they were, Fury Beach was also the place where they became icebound in the Canadian Arctic. Trapped by the shifting floes, brutal storms, and extreme temperatures, the expeditioners changed their goal to mere survival. With the help of the Inuits of Boothia Peninsula, Ross and his crew would attempt to make it through months, and then years, in these barren, hostile surroundings - and return home." "Fury Beach is the story of an epic journey, undertaken by a man driven by honor and by a crew of seamen whose courage knew no bounds. It is also the tale of an extraordinary friendship between cultures - forged in the most extraordinary of lands."--BOOK JACKET. ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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