True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

by Adolphus W. GREELY (1844 - 1935)

Relief of American Whalers at Point Barrow

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable account of the successes and failures of these early explorers comfortably from the armchair, and learn a lot of history in the processes. - Summary by Carolin


Listen next episodes of True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World:
Schwatka's Summer Search , The Fidelity of Eskimo Brönlund , The Inuit Survivors of the Stone Age , The Missionary's Arctic Trail , The Wifely Heroism of Mertuk, the Daughter of Shung-Hu