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Set against the backdrop of 1930, this expedition chronicles the ambitious journey of Henry George Watkins, a young British explorer, as he leads a team into the largely uncharted east coast of Greenland. The mission aims to establish a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, crucial for developing a transpolar air travel route between Europe and North America. The narrative highlights the challenges of exploring a forbidding landscape and the scientific ambitions driving this historic venture.
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Into the Great Emptiness, David Roberts
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
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- Untertitel
- Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- David Roberts
- Verlag
- Norton & Company
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 368
- ISBN13
- 9781324086376
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Historisches Thema, Karten & Reisen, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Natur, Reisen, Überleben
- Bewertung
- 3,75 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Set against the backdrop of 1930, this expedition chronicles the ambitious journey of Henry George Watkins, a young British explorer, as he leads a team into the largely uncharted east coast of Greenland. The mission aims to establish a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, crucial for developing a transpolar air travel route between Europe and North America. The narrative highlights the challenges of exploring a forbidding landscape and the scientific ambitions driving this historic venture.