{"product_id":"the-land-of-desolation-being-a-personal-narrative-of-adventures-in-greenland-paperback-9781108071475","title":"The Land of Desolation; Being a Personal Narrative of Adventures in Greenland (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108071475","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Land of Desolation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Personal Narrative of Adventures in Greenland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1871 account by a seasoned Arctic explorer recounts a leisurely voyage in 1869 along the coast of Greenland.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsaac Israel Hayes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108071475, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages, 42 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 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\"\u003eDespite the fact that his previous trip to the Arctic had left him gravely ill and with a permanently injured foot, the explorer and physician Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–81) immediately proclaimed his desire to return north. In 1869, aboard the steamer Panther, he was granted his wish. The trip was financed by the artist William Bradford (1823–92), who planned to use it as an opportunity to paint and photograph Greenland. First published in 1871, this account gives the reader the opportunity to survey the landscape, touching also on the history of polar exploration. It is illustrated with a number of engravings. Also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection are An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854 (1860), Hayes's account of a gruelling episode during the ill-fated second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and The Open Polar Sea (1867).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ruins: 1. Ice and breakers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Free from dangers\u003cbr\u003e 3. A hopeful town in a hopeless place\u003cbr\u003e 4. Eric the Red\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'The Arctic Six'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Up the fiord in an oomiak\u003cbr\u003e 7. The ruins of Ericsfiord\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Northmen in Greenland\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Northmen in America\u003cbr\u003e 10. The last man\u003cbr\u003e 11. A disconsolate lover\u003cbr\u003e 12. The church at Julianashaab\u003cbr\u003e 13. A Greenland parliament\u003cbr\u003e 14. A Greeland ball\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Palaces of Nature: 1. Ice and snow\u003cbr\u003e 2. Glaciers and icebergs\u003cbr\u003e 3. The solitary hut of Peter Motzfeldt\u003cbr\u003e 4. The glacier\u003cbr\u003e 5. Crossing the glacier\u003cbr\u003e 6. Speculations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Measurements of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 8. The birth of an iceberg\u003cbr\u003e 9. A narrow escape\u003cbr\u003e 10. Icebergs critically examined\u003cbr\u003e 11. Man versus musquitoes\u003cbr\u003e 12. A picnic on the glacier\u003cbr\u003e 13. Bound for the Arctic Circle\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Under the Midnight Sun: 1. Across the Arctic Circle\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond civilisation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ice-navigation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hunting by steam\u003cbr\u003e 5. Among the ice-fields of Melville Bay\u003cbr\u003e 6. The last white man\u003cbr\u003e 7. The fiord of Aukpadlartok\u003cbr\u003e 8. Upernavik\u003cbr\u003e 9. Disco Island\u003cbr\u003e 10. Jacobshavn\u003cbr\u003e 11. A week in Godhavn.\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":46266177749272,"sku":"9781108071475","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108071475i_c9855038-4f93-4c52-94b3-708f872b2056.jpg?v=1696748881","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-land-of-desolation-being-a-personal-narrative-of-adventures-in-greenland-paperback-9781108071475","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}