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

Originally published in 1899, this is an ornothological, botanical and geological record of two voyages into the Arctic.

Henry J. Pearson (Author), H. W. Feilden (Appendix by)

9781108041546, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 December 2011

538 pages, 88 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 8 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]