The Lands of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic ExplorationThe University Press, 1921 - 539 pages The Lands of Silence, A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration by Clements Robert Markham, first published in 1921, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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Admiralty afterwards Antarctic Arctic regions arrived August Baffin Baffin's Bay Barentsz boats called Cape Captain channel coast of Greenland command Company crew crossed Danish Davis Strait depôt discovered discovery dogs drift Dutch east coast Ellesmere Island enterprise Erebus Eskimo expedition explorers feet fjord floes Franklin Franz Josef Land Frobisher furthest gale glaciers Graham Land Greenland Hakluyt Hans Egede Hudson Hudson Strait Hudson's Bay icebergs Iceland inland ice Inlet journey July June Kara Sea King Lancaster Sound latitude Lieut Lieutenant M'Clintock magnetic mate Melville Island miles Muscovy Company Nansen narrative navigation Nordenskiöld Norsemen northern Novaya Zemlya observations officers pack Parry party passage Peary polar Pole reached received the name returned river round Russian sailed scientific Scoresby Scott seaman ship shore Siberian side sighted Sir James Ross Sir John Sir Thomas snow Spitsbergen tons vessel voyage whale winter quarters young