Outpost of the Lost (eBook)

An Arctic Adventure

David L. Brainard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
336 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3522-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A classic story of shipwreck, starvation, and survival.

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In the summer of 1881, Lt. Adolphus Greely of the Fifth United States Cavalry and a crew of twenty-one men set out on the Proteus to explore the then relatively-unknown Arctic Circle. During their three-year journey, the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, as it came to be known, was meant to ascertain new astronomical data, to establish an observation station, and to record other meteorological data. And while they did accomplish those tasks, the crew of the Proteus will instead forever be remembered for the catastrophe that they encountered, one that yielded few survivors. After a relatively calm first year in the Arctic, the members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition grew increasingly desperate as ships carrying essential suppliesfood, clothing, and building materials, among other itemsfailed to reach them due to increasingly perilous conditions. Slowly but surely the harsh weather and low supplies decimated the crew, as one by one they succumbed to the merciless Arctic. When a rescue vessel finally reached the Proteus in 1884, only six members of the original expedition remained. Told in concise prose with stunning clarity, Proteus crew member David L. Brainard's Outpost of the Lost is an inspiring account of human spirit and perseverance, and is not be missed by any armchair adventurer or history buff.

Autor

David L. Brainard was an American arctic explorer and soldier. He is best known for serving as first sergeant under Adolphus Greely on the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay expedition. He was one of only six crew members to survive. His two memoirs, Outpost of the Lost and Six Came Back, are based on this experience. Brainard passed away in 1946 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Geoffrey E. Clark is the president of Cocked Hat Ventures, LLC, a documentary film venture. His film Abandoned in the Arctic is based on the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.7.2018
• Vorwort: Geoffrey E. Clark
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 1910-1913 • 1911 • adelie • Antarctica • antarctic expedition • antarctic winter • apeshitgarrard • arctic adventure • arctic explorers • blizzards • books about explorers • books about polar travel • books about shipwrecks • books on blizzards • books on bowers • books on emperor • books on polar explorers • books on south poles • bowers • brainerd • cape crozier • Cardiff • Cherry • crevasses • degrees below • Depots • diary excerpts • disastrously wrong • edgar evans • emperor penguins • endurance • exploration • explorers club • gripping account • huntford • ICE • ice shelf • intellectual passion • intellectual passion • killer whales • lawrences • Lost • morphia • nova expedition • official record • outhpole station • Partys • Pemmican • penguin eggs • physical elements • physical expression • Polar • polar expedition • polar exploration • polar explorers • polar party • Ponies • rookeries • Ross • scott expedition • shackleton's • Shipwreck • sledges • sledging • sleeping bags • southpole • south pole expedition • te • temperatures • Terra Nova • titus oates • Voyage • winter journey • worst journey
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3522-4 / 1510735224
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3522-4 / 9781510735224