Carl Weyprecht and the International Polar years... heralding a new age of scientific discovery / Enrico Mazzoli.
Pubblicazione:
Trieste : Luglio, c2016.
Descrizione fisica:
460 p. : ill., ritr. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Thanks. Foreword / William Barr. Introduction. Pt. 1. The story of a naval officer: 1. The difficult beginning of a cadet 2. Between war and peace 3. The myth of the navigable Polar sea 4. From Lissa to Mexico 5. Petermann aims for the North Pole 6. Among the officers and scientists. Pt. 2. Austria's Polar expeditions: 1. In the Arctic at last 2. The launch of the new expedition 3. The men of the Polar expedition 4. The start of the great adventure 5. At the mercy of the ice 6. Franz Josef Land 7. With payer to the northern tip of Eurasia 8. the impossible retreat 9. The return to Europe. Pt. 3. A new age of international scientific research: 1. Scientific research or geographical expolration? 2. An international year of research? 3. Rejection of nationalism 4. Triumph and the end 5. The international Polar year (1882-1883) 6. One year on Jan Mayen island 7. The project continues 8. The international geophysical year (1957-1958) 9. 2007: a triumph for global science. Conclusion. How Carl Weyprecht is remembered today. Appendix. Graphological anlysis of Carl Weyprecht. Bibliography. Index
