On the Arctic frontier : Ernest Leffingwell's polar explorations and legacy
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- ISBN: 9780874223514
- ISBN: 0874223512
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297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm - Publisher: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2017]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-291) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. To the Arctic : the Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition -- 2. Interlude: 1902-1906 -- 3. The Anglo-American Polar Expedition -- 4. Winter quarters at Flaxman Island -- 5. The Okpilak : "place of no willows" -- 6. The Canning and Hulahula rivers -- 7. Return to the Canning -- 8. Return north, 1909 -- 9. Mapping coastline and mountains, 1910-1911 -- 10. Exploration of the coastline continues, 1912 -- 11. Return north on the Mary Sachs, 1913-1914 -- 12. Post-Arctic life: 1914-1949 -- 13. The later years: 1950-1971 -- 14. Recognition -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Baldwin-Ziegler and AAPE members -- Appendix 2. Timeline -- Appendix 3. Okpilak sledge trip eqipment and food -- Appendix 4. Selected geographic names -- Appendix 5. Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion table. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | G 635 .L44 C65 2017 | 290192 | Stacks | Available | - |