Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2021-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 40 Horton, Edith 11030018 The Frozen North: An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in Schools Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Introduction -- Sir John Franklin, 1818 -- Franklin's first land journey, 1819-1821 -- Franklin's second land journey, 1825-1827 -- The Erebus and the Terror, 1845 -- Elisha Kent Kane, 1853 -- Winter in Rensselaer Harbor, 1853-1854 -- The Eskimos, 1854 -- Hunting in the icy north -- Home again, 1855 -- Nordenskjöld and the Northeast Passage, 1878-1879 -- Voyage of the Jeannette, 1879-1881 -- Greely in Grinnell land, 1881-1883 -- Farthest north of the Greely party, 1882 -- Lieutenant Schwatka in Alaska, 1883 -- Nansen crosses Greenland, 1888 -- The voyage of the Fram, 1893-1896 -- Peary crosses Greenland, 1891-1897 -- Andrée's balloon expedition to the pole, 1897 -- Expeditions of 1902 -- Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary, 1909. Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Frozen North: An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in Schools" by Edith Horton is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book aims to educate young readers about the exploration of the Arctic regions, highlighting the significant contributions made by explorers such as Sir John Franklin and Elisha Kent Kane. It delves into the hardships faced during these expeditions, the geography of the North, and the cultures of its inhabitants, making the subject accessible and engaging for school use. At the start of the book, the introduction outlines the challenges and historical context surrounding Arctic exploration. It discusses the vast and largely uncharted territory of the north polar regions, the influence of early navigators, and the motivations behind expeditions to find alternative trade routes. Horton emphasizes the importance of previous explorers in paving the way for current understanding, and introduces future chapters that will detail their individual journeys, struggles, and achievements while igniting curiosity about the mysterious Arctic landscape and its people. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Arctic regions G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Sociology Browsing: Travel & Geography 304795 304909 2024-09-27T04:24:35.368401 2023-09-28T05:00:42.975379 text/html text/html 300736 2021-04-30T01:51:51 text/html; charset=utf-8 13105468 2024-09-27T04:24:43.168303 application/epub+zip 13103162 2024-09-27T04:24:37.178334 application/epub+zip 199945 2024-09-27T04:24:36.114340 application/epub+zip 13178513 2024-09-27T04:24:47.277830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 13140258 2024-09-27T04:24:42.094313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244544 2022-09-29T10:45:16.931645 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256793 256821 2024-09-27T04:24:34.404327 2023-09-28T05:00:42.122403 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 256464 2021-04-30T01:51:51 text/plain; charset=utf-8 18743 2024-09-27T04:24:47.414797 application/rdf+xml 20038 2024-09-27T04:24:36.218324 image/jpeg 3169 2024-09-27T04:24:36.165370 image/jpeg 13926214 2024-09-27T04:24:35.631446 application/octet-stream application/zip