Expedition relics from high Arctic Greenland : eight decades of exploration history told through 102 objects /

Expedition relics from high Arctic Greenland : eight decades of exploration history told through 102 objects /

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Author / Creator:	Dawes, Peter R., author.
Imprint:	[Chicago] : Museum Tusculanum Press/University of Chicago Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	509 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Archaeology -- Greenland. Antiquities Archaeology Greenland -- History. Greenland -- Antiquities. Greenland History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13150529

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Other authors / contributors:	Fortuna, Roberto, photographer (expression)
ISBN:	9788763546867 8763546868
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-457) and indexes.
Summary:	"Euro-American explorers reached northernmost Greenland in the mid-19th century. Remoteness, desolate tundra, and persistent sea ice have ensured that many historic sites from early (non-Inuit) exploration remained undisturbed by man. Moreover, as the result of the dry polar climate, the physical remains from these expeditions - even cloth, leather, and paper - are generally well preserved. The hundred and two objects registered and described in this book were discovered at thirty-two sites stretching from Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean. They derive from nineteen American, British and Danish expeditions of geographical discovery that reached Greenland between 1853 and 1934. Ranging from commonplace to borderline unique, the artefacts give an insight to conditions, life and mere survival on these expeditions, an insight that adds authenticity to the written annals and to a history that is truly dramatic with at least fifty men losing their lives. Beautifully illustrated with no less than 600 images comprising maps, portraits, scenes from the historic sites and superb artefact photography, this book will appeal not just to students of historical archaeology, but to all interested in the exploration of the polar regions."--

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