Baffin Island Expedition, 1953
Author | : P. D. Baird |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Baffin Island (Nunavut) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : P. D. Baird |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Baffin Island (Nunavut) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Arctic Institute of North America |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1956* |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Adam Watson |
Publisher | : Paragon Publishing |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1907611703 |
The author spent four months in Baffin Island during 1953 as zoologist on a big expedition by the Arctic Institute of North America, where he concentrated on studying birds and mammals. With Inuit hunter Samo he travelled by dog-sledge on the sea-ice of coast and fjord. Afterwards he crossed the mountains alone in deep snow to reach the site of his summer camp in a valley among some of the most spectacular peaks in the world. There he worked for most of the summer, usually alone. The valley and others nearby were and still are uninhabited, and expedition members trod many places which had not been under human foot in recent centuries. His book is of special interest because of the many changes since, with the Inuit now mostly in towns with modern facilities and airports, and using motor sledges for hunting. The author writes of many exciting days studying arctic animals, sometimes working with Swiss botanist Fritz Schwarzenbach and others, and walking with heavy loads, sometimes in risky conditions. The beauty of the Arctic inspired and energised him. He writes vividly about the magnificent landscape, the 24-hour daylight, the endless variety of weather, snow and ice, the wonderful plants and animals in the brief summer of the far north.
Author | : Fritz Hans Schwarzenbach |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 3842318847 |
Canadian arctic archipelago, geology, floristic.
Author | : Arctic Institute of North America |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1634 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Fritz Hans Schwarzenbach |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3837054233 |
Das "Arctic Institute of North America" organisierte in Zusammenarbeit mit der "Schweizerischen Stiftung für Alpine Forschung" die Baffin Island Expedition 1953. Sie hatte zum Ziel, das Berggebiet der Penny Highlands im südlichen Baffin Island (67°N) zu erforschen. Im Vordergrund standen Untersuchungen der Eiskappe und der zugehörigen Gletscher, die mit ihren gewaltigen Moränen das Bild der Landschaft am Pangnirtung Pass prägen. Wetterbeobachtungen auf dem Eisschild, sowie archäologische, zoologische und botanische Untersuchungen rundeten das Forschungsprogramm ab. Die Expedition dauerte von Mai bis September 1953. Sie stand unter Leitung von P.D.Baird und zählte dreizehn Teilnehmer aus Kanada, Grossbritannien und der Schweiz. Das Tagebuch dokumentiert die Organisation, die Ausrüstung und die Arbeitsweise einer wissenschaftlichen Polarexpedition in den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Fritz Hans Schwarzenbach schildert den Verlauf der Expedition. Er berichtet vom Alltag und der Knochenarbeit der Forscher unter schwierigen Verhältnissen. Er erzählt von heiteren und belastenden Ereignissen, von reissenden Bächen und angriffigen Mücken, von Kameradschaft und Hilfsbereitschaft. Das Tagebuch bildete eine wichtige Grundlage für die Neugestaltung des damals gedrehten 16mm-Farbfilms "Baffin Island Expedition 1953".
Author | : Martha Andrews |
Publisher | : Boulder, Colo. : Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Air |
ISBN | : |
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