Beyond Petsora Eastward: Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea

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Henry J. Pearson H. W. Feilden

Beyond Petsora Eastward

Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea

Henry J. Pearson, H. W. Feilden

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English

Cambridge University Press
29 December 2011

Historical geography; Classic travel writing; Expeditions

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

In 1895, naturalists Henry J. Pearson (1859–1913) and Colonel H. W. Feilden (1838–1921) set out to Norway for the first time, aiming to study Arctic bird life, geology and botany. This book, first published in 1899, is a collection of their diary entries and papers. Full of humour and written almost novelistically, Pearson's diary describes his ornithological findings and the other noteworthy features of their voyages - he includes an anecdotal account of the process of catching a whale, and describes their own less than ideal ship, and the many difficulties of travelling in the often inhospitable and little-explored North. In the second half of the book, Feilden focuses on geology and botany in three technical papers accompanied by his own photographs. A remarkable account of an ambitious project, this book forms part of the nineteenth-century genre of scientific travel literature, and contains still-relevant information about the Arctic environment.

By: Henry J. Pearson
Appendix by: H. W. Feilden
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9781108041546
ISBN 10: 110804154X
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Pages: 538
Publication Date: 29 December 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. Russian Lapland, 1895; 2. Kolguev; 3. Novaya Zemlya; 4. Arrangements for 1897; 5. Voyage to Waïgatch; 6. Dolgaja Bay, Waïgatch; 7. Waïgatch, Habarova, and Dolgoi; 8. Novaya Zemlya and Lütke Land; 9. Russian exploration; 10. Lütke Land and Novaya Zemlya; Appendix; Index.