{"product_id":"in-the-lena-delta-a-narrative-of-the-search-for-lieut-commander-de-long-and-his-companions-followed-by-an-account-of-the-greely-relief-expedition-and-a-proposed-method-of-reaching-the-north-pole-paperback-9781108041737","title":"In the Lena Delta; A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041737","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn the Lena Delta\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA personal account of two late nineteenth-century Arctic rescue missions, detailing a heroic search for survivors, published in 1885.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge W. Melville (Author), Melville Philips (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108041737, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e546 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge W. Melville (1841–1912) was a member of an 1879 American Arctic expedition seeking a northern passage from the Bering Strait to the Atlantic. Its ship was trapped in ice for nearly two years, and was eventually crushed and sank. The crew, stranded in three small boats, were left with few provisions and little hope of rescue. Melville was the only boat commander to bring his men to safety, assuming leadership of the survivors after landing in Siberia in 1881. He returned to search for other survivors, trekking over a thousand miles, but found only the bodies of his former companions in a frozen campsite, from which, however, he recovered the expedition's records. This account also includes details of Melville's role in the Greely Relief Expedition of 1884, from which he returned shortly before the book's British publication in 1885, and a detailed proposal for reaching the North Pole.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Off for the Pole\u003cbr\u003e 2. Drifting\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cast upon the ice\u003cbr\u003e 4. Retreating over the pack\u003cbr\u003e 5. Voyage of the whale-boat\u003cbr\u003e 6. On the Lena Delta\u003cbr\u003e 7. Up the Lena\u003cbr\u003e 8. At Jamaveloch\u003cbr\u003e 9. Siberian life\u003cbr\u003e 10. Kusma to our rescue\u003cbr\u003e 11. A step forward\u003cbr\u003e 12. At Belun\u003cbr\u003e 13. Searching for De Long\u003cbr\u003e 14. Losing the trail\u003cbr\u003e 15. A trip to the Arctic shore\u003cbr\u003e 16. Struggling with Boreas\u003cbr\u003e 17. End of my first search\u003cbr\u003e 18. From Belun to Verkeransk\u003cbr\u003e 19. From Verkeransk to Yakutsk\u003cbr\u003e 20. At Yakutsk\u003cbr\u003e 21. North again\u003cbr\u003e 22. Storm-bound\u003cbr\u003e 23. Finding the bodies\u003cbr\u003e 24. The burial\u003cbr\u003e 25. Searching for Chipp\u003cbr\u003e 26. My final search to the Jana River\u003cbr\u003e 27. Through Siberia\u003cbr\u003e 28. Homeward bound\u003cbr\u003e The Greely Relief Expedition: 1. Northward once more\u003cbr\u003e 2. Racing in the Arctic waters\u003cbr\u003e 3. The rescue\u003cbr\u003e 4. The return voyage\u003cbr\u003e A proposed method for reaching the North Pole\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266067812632,"sku":"9781108041737","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041737i_6192dcb6-b1bc-496d-893e-40ef1a12fd01.jpg?v=1696746500","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-the-lena-delta-a-narrative-of-the-search-for-lieut-commander-de-long-and-his-companions-followed-by-an-account-of-the-greely-relief-expedition-and-a-proposed-method-of-reaching-the-north-pole-paperback-9781108041737","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}