Sir James Wordie : polar crusader : exploring the Arctic and Antarctic /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Michael. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2004. |
| Description: | xix, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5581358 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Lairds and carts
- 2. From gold to ice
- 3. To the Antarctic
- 4. 'The fates are against us ...'
- 5. Cast adrift
- 6. The open boat journey
- 7. Marooned on Elephant Island
- 8. Closing ranks
- 9. The Western front
- 10. With Bruce to Spitsbergen
- 11. Conquering the Beerenberg
- 12. A new era
- 13. Both ends of the world
- 14. On Greenland's unknown shores
- 15. Perils on Petermann Peak
- 16. Hopes dashed
- 17. A last Arctic voyage
- 18. Top secret
- 19. A gift for intrigue
- 20. Final days
- Chronology : James Mann Wordie 1889-1962
- App. James Mann Wordie, Weddell sea log, 1914-16.
