The Open Polar Sea was one of the most prevalent myths of nineteenth-century Arctic exploration. Several explorers had hypothesised a stretch of ice-free sea between Greenland and the North Pole, and several expeditions set out in search of it. One of these was planned and led by Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–81), an American physician and explorer.
This account of the expedition, first published in 1866, was compiled from his journals. Having left Boston in a small schooner so overloaded with equipment that a passenger could lean over the deck rail and touch the sea, Hayes and his crew almost faced shipwreck off Nova Scotia and regularly saw their cabins flooded on their way to Greenland, where, in calmer weather, they encountered the first palatial ice floes. Written for the general reader rather than for scientific purposes, this book still serves as an accessible, entertaining guide to the voyage.
| ISBN: | 9781108049863 |
| Publication date: | 10th May 2012 |
| Author: | Isaac Israel Hayes |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 502 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
| Genres: |
Historical geography Geographical discovery and exploration |
The Open Polar Sea was one of the most prevalent myths of nineteenth-century Arctic exploration. Several explorers had hypothesised a stretch of ice-free sea between Greenland and the North Pole, and several expeditions set out in search of it.
The Open Polar Sea features in the following genres: Historical geography, Geographical discovery and exploration
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The Open Polar Sea was written by Isaac Israel Hayes and published by Cambridge University Press
The Open Polar Sea has 502 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration series
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