Narrative of the North Polar Expedition : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding /

Charles Hall (1821–71) was neither seaman nor navigator, but by 1871 he had made two Arctic expeditions as a result of his fascination with the failed expedition of Franklin. With a grant from Congress, his Polaris voyage aimed to be the first US expedition to the North Pole. Desertion, drunkenness,...

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Language:English
Published: Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1876.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Series:Cambridge library collection. Polar Exploration.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236638
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