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International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008
Historical Resources on Polar Research
This section includes historical documents selected for imaging in the NOAA Central Library during 2006-2008. They are in PDF format and organized by title. Most documents require the free Adobe Reader.
Author |
Publication Title, Series Title |
Publishing Information, Date |
| Kane, Elish Kent, (1820-1857 | Adrift in the Arctic ice pack : from the History of the first U. S. Grinnell expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Edited by Horace Kephart.(13 MB) | New York : Nelson Doubleday, c1915. |
| Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) | Alaska. Vol. 1 (196 MB), Vol. 2 (157 MB), Vol. 3 (105 MB) | Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. |
| Scoresby, William | An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Vol. 1 (34 MB), Vol. 2 (118 MB) |
Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable & Co., 1820. |
| Bent, Silas | An address delivered before the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, January 6th, 1872 : upon the thermal paths to the Pole, the currents of the ocean, and the influence of the latter upon the climates of the world. (20 MB) | Saint Louis : R.P. Studley Co., 1872. |
| British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) | Album of photographs and sketches with a portfolio of panoramic views. (961 MB) | London : The Royal Society; Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1908. |
| Nourse, J. E. (Joseph Everett) | American explorations in the ice zones : the expeditions of De Haven, Kane, Rodgers, Hayes, Hall, Schwatka, and DeLong, the relief voyages for the Jeanette by the U.S. steamers Corvin, Rodgers, and Alliance, the cruises of Captains Long and Raynor of the Merchant Service, with a brief notice of the Antarctic cruise under Lieutenant Wilkes, 1840, and of the locations and objects of the U.S. Signal Service Arctic observers. (513 MB) | Boston : D. Lothrop and Company ; [c1884] |
| Markham, Clements R., (1830-1916) | Antarctic exploration : a plea for a national expedition. (37 MB) | London : Royal Geographical Society, 1898. |
| Murrey, George, editor. | The Antarctic manual for use of the expedition of 1901. (144 MB) | London : Royal Geographical Society, 1901. |
| Thompson, A. A. | Antarctic seismological bulletin : Palmer Land Peninsula, Antarctica, south latitude 68º - 12', west longitude 67º - 00' in operation from 18 May 1947 through 15 February 1948. (1.2 MB) Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 9. |
Washington, D.C. : Office of Naval Research, Dept. of Navy, 1950. |
| Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) | Antarctic weather statistics. (6.3 MB) Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 1. |
Washington, D.C. : Office of Naval Research, Dept. of Navy, 1948. |
| Arctowski. Henryk | Aperçu des résultats météorologiques de l'hivernage Antarctique de la "Belgica." (1.1 MB) | Bruxelles : Hayez, 1904. |
| Hubbard, Charles J. | Arctic activities, summer of 1946 : installation of Thule Weather Station and surveys to Winter Harbor. (107 MB) | Washington, D.C.? : U.S. Weather Bureau, 1946? |
| Kane, Elisha Kent. | Arctic explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Vol. 1 (524 MB), Vol. 2 (233 MB) |
Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson, 1856. |
| Smucker, Samuel M., (1823-1863) | Arctic explorations and discoveries during the nineteenth century : being detailed accounts of the several expeditions to the north seas, both English and American, conducted by Ross, Parry, Back, Franklin, M'Clure, Dr. Kane, and others, including the long and fruitless efforts and failures in search of Sir John Franklin. (89 MB). With a continuation to the year 1886 by Wm. L. Allison. | New York : W.L. Allison, 1889, c1886. |
| Arctic status report. (13 MB). National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Polar Research. | Washington, D.C. : National Research Council, Committee on Polar Research, 1959- | |
| Harris, Rollin Arthur. | Arctic tides. (42 MB) Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Coast and Geodetic Survey. | Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1911. |
| International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1882-1883). | Arctic views. (545 MB) |
Washington, D.C. : U.S., Office of Chief Signal Officer, 1884? |
| Peterson, H. C. | Atmospheric refraction project. (404 MB). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 2.
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Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| International Polar Expedition (1882-1883) | Die Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse der deutschen stationen. Herausgegeben im Auftrage der Deutschen Polar-Kommission von Dr. Neumayer und Dr. Börgen. Bd. 1 ( 122 MB), Bd. 2 (69 MB) |
Berlin : A. Asher, 1886. |
| International Polar Expedition (1882-1883). | Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse der norwegischen Polarstation Bossekop in Alten. Im Auftrage des Königl. Norwegischen Cultus-Ministeriums ; hrsg. von Aksel S. Steen, Norwegischen Meteorologischen Institute. Excel file of Bossekop observations Diagram of Bossekp observations Scanned images |
Christiania : Druck bei Gröndahl & Son, 1887-1888. |
| British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) | British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 : [physical and physiographical reports]. Vol. 1 (33 MB), Vol. 2 (59 MB), Vol. 3 (49 MB), Vol. 4 (35 MB), Vol. 5 (12 MB), Vol. 6 (3.5 MB), Vol. 8 (487 MB), Vol. 9 (120 MB), Vol. 10 (107 MB), Vol. 11 (78 MB), Vol. 12 (410 MB), Vol. 13 (6 MB) | London : Printed and published by Harrison and sons, for the Committee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund, 1919-1924. |
| Compilation of narratives of explorations in Alaska. (830 MB) | Washington, [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1900. | |
| Mikkelsen, Ejnar | Conquering the Arctic ice. (206 MB) | London : W. Heinemann, 1909. |
| Kumlien, Ludwig | Contributions to the natural history of Arctic America: made in connection with the Howgate Polar Expedition, 1877-78. (9.3 MB). Series: Bulletin (United States National Museum) ; no. 15. | Washington : G.P.O., 1879. |
| Gerlache de Gomery, Adrien Victor Joseph, baron de | Croisière océanographique : accomplie á bord de la Belgica dans la Mer du Grönland, 1905. Pt. 1 (526 MB), Pt. 2 (370) |
Bruxelles : C. Bulens, 1907. |
| Cruise of the revenue steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881. (119 MB) Series: Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; no. 105. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1883. | |
| Rink, H., (1819-1893) | Danish Greenland : its people and its products. (22 MB) | London : H.S. King & co., 1877. |
| Danmark-ekspeditionen (1906-1908) | Danmark-ekspeditionen til Grønlands nordøstkyst 1906-1908. (353 MB) | København : B. Lunos bogtrykkeri, 1909- |
| Baschin, Otto, (1865-1933) | Die Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (8 MB) Series: Zeitschrift der Gasellschaft fur Erdkunde ; Bd. 36 (1901), nr. 4. | Berlin : W. Pormetter, 1901. |
| Expédition antarctique fran¸caise (2nd : 1908-1910) | Deuxième expédition antarctique fran¸caise (1908-1910). Sciences naturelles : documents scientifiques. Fasc. 1 (38 MB), Fasc. 2 (15 MB), Fasc. 3 (5.7 MB), Fasc 4 (7.7 MB), Fasc. 5 (3.5 MB), Fasc. 6 (35 MB), Cartes (474 MB) | Paris : Masson, [1911-1914.] |
| Chernenko, M. B., Khvat, Lev Borisovich. | Dvad´t`sat’ sem’ mes´i`a´t`sev na dreifu´i`ushchem korable "Georgii Sedov". (139 MB) | Moskva : Izd-vo Glavsevmorputi, 1940. |
| Du Faur, E. | The effect of polar ice on the weather. (17 MB). Reprinted from: Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, vol. 41, 1907. | Sydney : C. Potter, Acting Govt. Printer, 1907. |
| Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) | Engineer's report on the operation of ships engineering plant "M/V Beaumont, Texas"; (fomer Uss ATA 215). (9.6 MB) Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 8. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Thompson, A. A. | Establishment of Antarctic seismological stations. (17 MB).
Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 10. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1950. |
| Matha, André, Rey, Joseph Jean Justin. | Expédition antarctique francaise (1903-1905) commandée par le dr. Jean Charcot. Hydrographie, physique du globe. (162 MB) | Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1911. |
| Expedition nach den Neusibirischen Inseln und dem Jana-Lande. (34 MB) | St. Petersburg : Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1887. | |
| Nansen, Fridtjof | Farthest north : being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the "Fram". Vol. 1 (438 MB), Vol. 2 (464 MB) Images scanned |
New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. |
| Fiala, Anthony, (1869-1950) | Fighting the polar ice. (266 MB). With an introduction by W.S. Champ, and reports by William J. Peters, Russell W. Porter and Oliver S. Fassig. | New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. |
| Nansen, Friftjof | The first crossing of Greenland. Vol. 1 (146 MB), Vol. 2 (139 MB) |
London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. |
| First supplement to the papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. (5.7 MB) | Washington , D.C. : United States Hydrographic Office, 1872. |
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| Fourth supplement to the papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. | Washington , D.C. : United States Hydrographic Office, 1873. | |
| Charcot, Jean | Le "Français" au Pôle sud : journal de l'Expédition antarctique française 1903-1905. (1.0 GB). Pr&ecedil;face par l'Amiral Fournier ; suivi d'un exposé de quelques-uns des travaux scientifiques par MM. Matha ... [et al.]. | Paris : E. Flammarion, 1906. |
| Nansen, Fridtjof, (1861-1930) | Future North Polar exploration. (52 MB) | [New York : S.S. McClure], 1898. |
| Nichols, Robert L | Geomorphology of Marguerite Bay, Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica. (240 MB). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 12. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1953. |
| Koldewey, Karl | The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice. (302 MB) |
London : S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874. |
| Gidro-meteorologigicheskiia nabliudenia gidrograficheskikh ekspeditsii. n Vyp. 2, p Nabliudenia d-ra I. Trzhemeskago ha shkhunie "Eklips" v 1914-1915 gg. (16 MB). Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenie, Gidro-meteorologicheskaia chast = Observations hydro-météorologiques de expéditions hydrographiques. Fasc. 2, Observations faites par le Dr. I. Trzemesky á bord du vaisseau "Eclipse" en 1914-1915. Administration générale d'hydrographie, Séction hydro-météorologique. | Petrograd : Tipografiia morskogo ministerstva, v Glavnom admiralteistvie, 1917. | |
| Koch, J. P. (Johan Peter) and Alfred Wegener. | Die glaciologischen Beobachtungen der Danmark-Expedition.(206 MB) | København : B. Lunos, 1911. |
| Prentiss, Henry Mellen. | The great polar current : polar papers : De Long, Nansen, Peary.(3 MB) | New York : Frederick A. Stokes, c1897. |
| Grønland i tohundredaaret for Hans Egedes landing. Bd. 1 (382 MB), Bd. 2 (141 MB). Also published as: Also published as Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 60-61 | København : C.A. Reitzel, 1921. | |
| Peterson, H. C. | Guide for Stonington Island aviation meteorology. (23 MB).
Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 5. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Greely, A. W., (1844-1935). | Handbook of Arctic discoveries. Series: Columbian knowledge series ; 3. | Boston, Mass. : Roberts Brothers, 1896. |
| Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir. | The heart of the Antarctic : being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. With an introduction by Hugh Robert Mill; An account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by T.W. Edgeworth David.
Vol. 1 (409 MB), Vol. 2 (428 MB)
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Philadelphia, PA : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1909. |
| Mawson, Douglas, Sir | The home of the blizzard : being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Vol. 1 (359 MB), Vol. 2 (338 MB) Online access in Open Book format via the Project Gutenberg's home page. Link to the Sir Douglas Mawson expedition's home page. Link to SY Aurora - Ships of the Antarctic Explorers home page. |
London, W. Heinemann [1915] |
| Hamberg, Axel, (1863-1933) | Hydrografisk-kemiska iakttagelser under den svenska expeditionen till Grönland 1883. Pt. 1 (4 MB) | Stockholm : Kongl. boktryckeriet, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1884. |
| Nansen, Fridtjof | In northern mists : Arctic exploration in early times. Trnaslated by Arthur G. Chater. Vol. 1 (245 MB), Vol. 2 (236 MB) |
New York : Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1911. |
| Harrison, Alfred H | In search of a polar continent, 1905-1907. (82 MB) | London : E. Arnold, 1908. |
| Disturnell., J. | Influence of climate in North and South America : showing the varied climatic influences operating in the equatorial, tropical, sub-tropical, temperate, cold and frigid regions, extending from the Arctic to the Antarctic circle. (60 MB) | New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1867. |
| United States. Weather Bureau | Instructions for Arctic meteorological service (preliminary). (13 MB) | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1946. |
| United States. United States. Army. Signal Corps | Instructions for the commanding officers of the international polar stations occupied by the Signal Service. (6 MB). Series: Instructions (United States. United States. Army. Signal Corps) ; no. 76. Series: Special orders (United States. United States. Army. Signal Corps) ; no. 102. |
Washington, D.C. : War Dept. Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1881. |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs | Jeannette inquiry : before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, Forty-eighth Congress. (Open book format from the Library of Congress) |
Washington : G.P.O., 1884. |
| Scoresby, William | Journal of a voyage to the northern whale-fishery : including researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool. (78 MB) | Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable, 1823. |
| Kratki´i`a sv´i`ed´i`eni´i`a po meteorologii i okeanografii Karskago i Sibirskago morei. (6 MB). Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlen¯ie, Gidro-meteorologicheska´i`a chast”. | Petrograd” : Des´i`ata´i`a gosudarstvienna´i`a tipografi´i`a, v” Glavnom” admiralteistv´i`e, 1918. | |
| Belcher, Edward, Sir | The last of the Arctic voyages : being a narrative of the expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, under the command of Captian Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54. Vol. 1 (524 MB), Vol. 2 (233 MB) |
London, England : L. Reeve, 1855. |
| Schuetze, William Henry, (1853-1902) | Lieutenant Schuetze's mission : message from the president of the United States transmitting a letter from the secretary of state : together with the report of Lieut. William H. Schuetze, U.S. Navy, relating to the distribution of testimonials of the government to subjects of Russia who extended aid to the survivors of the Jeannette Exploring Expedition. (37 MB) | [Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 1887] |
| Magnetic and meteorological observations made by the "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900. (34 MB) | London, England : Royal Society of London, 1902 | |
| Jones, T. Rupert (Thomas Rupert) | Manual of the natural history, geology, and physics of Greenland, and the neighboring regions. Prepared for the use of the Arctic Expedition of 1875, under the direction of the Arctic Committeee of the Royal Society ; together with Instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the expedition. (108 MB) | London : H.M. Stationery Office, printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1875. |
| Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William) | A manual of scientific enquiry. (65 MB) | London : J. Murray, 1851. |
| Med Örnen mot Polen. The Andrée diaries : being the diaries and records of S. A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel, written during their balloon expedition to the North Pole in 1897 and discovered on White Island in 1930, together with a complete record of the expedition and discover. (210 MB). "The authorized English translation of the Swedish volume 'Med Örnen mot Polen' published under the editorship of the Swedish Society of Antropology and Geography by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm." | London : John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., [1931] | |
| Sherman, Orray Taft | Meteorological and physical observations on the east coast of British America. (12 MB) | Washington, [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1883. |
| Grimminger, George. | Meteorological results of the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions 1928-30, 1933-35 : summaries of data. Series: Monthly weather review. Supplement ; no. 42. |
Washington , D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1941. |
| Grimminger, George. | Meteorological results of the Byrd Antarctic expeditions 1928-30, 1933-35 : tables. Series: Monthly weather review. Supplement ; no. 41. | Washington , D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1939. |
| Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony) | Methods and results. Terrestrial magnetism : the magnetic work of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884. (700 KB) | Washington, [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1889. |
| Thompson, A. A. | Microseisms and weather on Palmer Land Peninsula, Antarctica : Palmer Land Peninsula, Antarctica, south latitude 68° - 12', west longitude 67° - 00' in operation from 18 May 1947 through 15 February 1948. (154 MB). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 11. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1950. |
| International Polar Commission. | Mittheilungen der Internationalen Polar-Commission = Communications from the International Polar Commission.(24 MB) | St.-Petersburg : Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1882-1891. |
| Ross, John, Sir | Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage : and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of commander, now captain, James Clark Ross and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole. (249 MB) | London : A.W. Webster, 1835. |
| Back, George, Sir | Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River: and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. 2nd ed. (Open book format from the Library and Archives Canada) |
Philadelphia : E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1837. |
| Simpson, Thomas | Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America : effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39. (15 MB) | London : R. Bentley, 1843. |
| M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir | A narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions. (93 MB) | Boston : Ticknor, 1860. |
| Davis, C. H. | Narrative of the North Polar expedition : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall cmmanding. Available online from Making of America (MOA) home page in compressed TIFF format |
Washington, : G.P.O., 1876. |
| Hall, Charles Francis | Narrative of the second Arctic expedition made by Charles F. Hall : his voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's land, and residence among the Eskimos, during the years 1864-'69. (434 MB). Edited by Prof. J.E. Nourse, U.S.N. U.S. Naval Observatory. Series: Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate); 45th Congress, 3d session, no. 27. |
Washington : G.P.O., 1879. |
| Naval Arctic operations handbook. (267 MB). Prepared by the Arctic and Cold Weather Coordinating Committee of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. | [Washington, D.C.] : Dept. of the Navy, G.P.O., 1942. | |
| De Nederlandsche pool-expeditie (1882-1883) | De Nederlandsche pool-expeditie, 1882-83 (929 MB). Beschreven door Maurits Snellen ; uitgegeven door de zorg van B.J.G. Volck. | Utrecht : L.E. Bosch, 1886. |
| Payer, Julius, (1842-1915) | New lands within the Arctic circle. Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff," in the years 1872-1874. Vol. 1 (59 MB), Vol. 2 (43 MB) | London : Macmillan, 1876. |
| Inhe, E | Der Nordpolarforscher Carl Weyprecht. (16 MB) | Friedberg : Schlapp, 1913. |
| Neumann, Howard | The North-Pole drifting stations and the high-latitude air expedition of 1954. (58 MB) | Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1955. |
| Balch, Edwin Swift, (1856-1927) | The North Pole and Bradley Land. (3.3 MB) | Philadelphia: Campion and Company, 1913. |
| Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) | The North Pole: its discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. (237 MB). "With eight full-page illustrations reproducing photographic enlargements colored by hand, one hundred illustrations in black-and-white from photographs and with a map in colors by Gilbert H. Grosvenor." | New York : Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1910. |
| Nansen, Fridtjof, (1861-1930) | Northern waters : Captain Roald Amundsen's oceanographic observations in the Arctic seas in 1901, with a discussion of the origin of the bottom-waters of the northern seas. (90 MB) | Christiania : In commission by Jacob Dybwad, 1906 (Printed by A.W. Brogger) |
| Birkeland, Kr., (1867-1917) | The Norwegian aurora polaris expedition 1902-1903. Vol. 1 (89 MB), Vol. 2 (269 MB) | Christiania (Oslo) : H. Aschelhoug & Co. ; New York : Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. |
| Nansen, Fridtjof. | The Norwegian North polar expedition, 1893-1896 : scientific results. Vol. 1 (192 MB), Vol. 2 (139 MB), Vol. 3 (220 MB), Vol. 4 (294 MB), Vol. 6 (34 MB) |
London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co ; Christiania : J. Dybwad, 1900-1906. |
| The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, 1876-1878.
1. Bd. (382 MB) |
Christiania : Grøndahl & Sons bogtrykkeri, 1880-1901. |
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| Expédition polaire suédoise (1882-1883) | Observations faites au Cap Thordsen, Spitzberg. T. 1 (126 MB), T. 2 (225 MB) |
Stockholm : Kongl. boktr. P.A. Norstedt, 1886-1891. |
| Observations météorologiques et nautiques faites à Nennortalik et à Angmagsalik par les membres de l'expédition de M. le capitaine G. Holm pour explorer la côte est du Groenland. (5.4 MB) Observations météorologiques de Nennortalik et D'Angmagsalik [1884-1885] / par M. Willaume-Jantzen -- Observations des aurores boréales / par M. Garde, M.L. Paulsen, M.G. Holm -- Flux et relfux de la mer à Nennortalik et á quelques points de la côte est du Groenland / par M.C. Crone. | Copenhague : [s.n.], 1889. | |
| Hildebrandsson, H. Hildebrand (Hugo Hildebrand) | Observations méteorologiques faites par l'expédition de la Véga du Cap Nord à Yokohama par le Détroit de Behring. (67 MB) Extrait des 'Vega-expeditionens vetenskapliga iakttagelser', vol. 1. |
Stockholm 1882. |
| International Polar Expedition, 1882-1883. | Observations of the International Polar Expeditions,1882-83. (39 MB) |
Fort Rae. London : Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, and published by Trübner & Co., 1886. |
| Brewster, George Frederick. | Official report of the establishing of the government radio and meteorological station at Arctic Bay, Northwest Territories, Dominion of Canada. (101 MB). Each page of text pasted on photographic mounting paper, 34 x 28 cm. At the side of each sheet, 12.5 cm. of the mounting paper is folded inward and photographs mounted on each side of the folded portion. (43 b.& w. photographs). |
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Weather Bureau, 1942?] |
| Croll, James, (1821-1890) | On the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic : its influence on the climate of the polar regions and level of the sea. (1.2 MB) | Glasgow : Geological Society of Glasgow, 1867. |
| Spedizione polare di S.A.R. Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, duca degli Abruzzi (1899-1900) | Osservazioni scientifiche eseguite durante la spedizione polare di S.A.R. Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, duca degli Abruzzi, 1899-900. (114 MB) | Milano : U. Hoepli, 1903. |
| Die österreichische Polarstation Jan Mayen : ausgerüstet durch ... Hanns Wilczek, geleitet vom K.K. Corvetten-Capitän Emil Edlen von Wohlgemuth : Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse. (186 MB). Herausgegeben von der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1-3. Bd. |
Wien : Aus der Kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1886. |
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| Petermann, A. (August Heinrich), W. Von Freeden, and A. Mühry. | Papers on the eastern and northern extensions of the Gulf Stream. (53 MB). Translated from German in the United States Hydrographic Office by E.R. Knorr. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1871. |
| Bryant, Henry G. (Henry Grier) | The Peary auxiliary expedition of 1894. (53 MB). With supplementary reports by Prof. T.C. Chamberlin (Geology), Dr. Axel Ohlin (Zoölogy). |
Philadelphia, PA : [Geographical Club], 1895. |
| Moore, J. Hampton, (1864-1950) | Peary's discovery of the North Pole : speech of Hon. J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives, March 22, 1910. (2.5 MB) | Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1910. |
| Peary, Rober E. (Robert Edwin), (1856-1920) | Peary's north Greenland expedition of 1891-'92 : illustrated lecture. (943 KB) | Washington, D.C. : Academy of Music, National Geographic Society, 1891. |
| Pettersson, Otto. | Pettersson, on water and ice : contributions to the hydrography of the Siberian Sea. (20 MB) |
[Stockholm : s.n., 1883] |
| Lamar, William Harmong, Frank W. Ellis. | Physical observations during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1883. (44 MB). Prepared under the direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l W.B. Hazen ; published by authority of the Secretary of War ; Signal Office, War Department. Series: Signal Service notes ; no. 14. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1884. |
| Kane, Elisha Kent. | Physical observations in the Arctic seas : made during the second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854, and 1855, at Van Rensselaer Harbor, and other points on the west coast of Greenland. (36 MB). Reduced and Discussed, for the Smithsonian Institution by Charles A. Schott. Series: Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Series: Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; 198. Publications containing climatological observations from Greenland |
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1859-1860. |
| Physical observations with discussions by various authors. (145 MB). Prepared under the superintendence of the Royal Society. |
London: The Royal Society, 1908. |
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| Point Barrow Supply Expedition, 1947. (1.0 GB). Accomplished by Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet ; executed by [Capt. B.S. Anderson, USN,] Commander Transport Division 12. |
San Diego, CA : Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander Transport Division, 1947. |
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| Hartwig, G. (Georg) | The polar world : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. (608 MB) |
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1869. |
| Vegard, Lars, O. A. Krogness. | The position in space of the aurora polaris : from observations made at the Haldde-observatory, 1913-14. Series: Geofysiske publicationer ; v. 1, no. 1. (111 MB) | Kristiania : A.W. Brøggers boktrykkeri, 1920. |
| Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) | Preliminary report on the geology of Marguerite Bay area, Antarctica. (938 KB). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 6. | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Stein, Robert, (1857-1917) | Proposed expedition to explore Ellesmere land, northwest of Baffin Bay and to rescue Björling and Kallstenius, Swedish naturalists lost in the Arctic. Project for continuous Polar exploration. (2 MB) | Washington, D.C. : Gibson Bros., 1894. |
| Pullen, William J. S., (1813-1887) | The Pullen Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : the original diaries, logs, and letters of Commander W.J.S. Pullen. (75.8 MB) | Toronto : The Arctic History Press, [c1979]. |
| Snellen, Maurits. | Rapport sur l'expédition polaire Néerlandaise qui a hiverné dans la mer de Kara en 1882/83. (170 MB). Et fini par H. Ekama. |
Utrecht : J. Van Boekhoven, 1910. |
| MacGinley, William Anderson. | Reception of Lieut. A. W. Greely, U.S.A., and his comrades, and of the Arctic Relief Expedition, at Portsmouth, N.H., on August 1 and 4, 1884. (4.5 MB) |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1884. |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. | Recognition of Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer. Series: United States. Congress. House. Report ; 61st Congress, 3rd session, no. 1961. (2.3 MB) | [Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1911.] |
| Horsley, Samuel. | Remarks on the observations made in the late voyage towards the North Pole for determining the acceleration of the pendulum, in latitude 79°50', in a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps. (21 MB) |
London : Printed for B. White and P. Elmsley, 1774. |
| Harber, Giles B., (1849-1925) | Report of Lieut. Giles B. Harber, U.S.N., of his search for the missing people of the Jeannette Expedition, etc. (7 MB). Series: Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 48th Congress, 1st session, no. 163. | [Washington, D.C. : Committee on Naval Affairs, 1884] |
| United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet. Amphibious Force. | Report of Point Barrow Resupply Expedition, 1951 : BAREX-51. (86 MB) |
San Francisco, CA : Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1951. |
| Healy, Michael A. | Report of the cruise of the revenue marine steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1885. (323 MB). Series: Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 49th Congress, 1st session, no. 153. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1887. |
| Healy, Michael A. | Report of the cruise of the revenue marine steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1884. (149 MB). Series: House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 50th Congress, 1st session, no. 602. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1889. |
| Revenue-Cutter Service | Report of the cruise of the U.S. revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. (247 MB) |
Washington, [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1899. |
| Hooper, Calvin Leighton. | Report of the cruise of the U.S. revenue steamer Thomas Corwin, in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. (250 MB). Series: Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 48th Congress, 1st session, no. 204. |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1884. |
| Hooper, Calvin Leighton. | Report of the cruise of the U.S. revenue-steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, November 1, 1880. (47 MB) |
Washington, [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1881. |
| Bruce, William Spiers. | Report of the scientific results of the voyage of S. Y. "Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903, and 1904, under the leadership of William S. Bruce. Vol. 2. (245 MB) |
Edinburgh : The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907- |
| "Fram" Expedition (2nd : 1898-1902) | Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1898-1902. 4 vols. Vol. 1 (177 MB), Vol. 2 (179 MB) |
Kristiania : In commission by T.O. Brogger, 1907-1919. |
| Garlington, Ernest Albert. | Report on Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1883. (3.2 MB). Prepared under the direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l W.B. Hazen ; published by authority of the Secretary of War ; United States of America, War Department. Series: Signal Service notes ; no. 10. | Washington City : Signal Office, 1883. |
| Low, A. P. (Albert Peter) | Report on the Dominion government expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune 1903-1904. (193 MB) | Ottawa : Govt. Print. Bureau, 1906. |
| Report on the Dominion government expedition to the northern waters and Arctic archipelago of the D.G.S. "Arctic" in 1910, under command of J.E. Bernier, officer in charge and fishery officer. (146 MB) | [Ottawa : Govt. Print. Bureau,, 1911?] | |
| Report on the proceedings of the United States expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. Vol. 1 (207 MB), Vol. 2 (140 MB) |
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1888. | |
| United States. Navy Dept. | Report to the President of the United States of the action of the Navy Department in the matter of the disaster to the United States exploring expedition toward the North Pole : accompanied by a report of the examination of the rescued party, &c. (32 MB) | [Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1873] |
| Reports of U.S. Antarctic Projects Office observer. (16 MB). U.S. Antarctic Projects Office. | Washington, D.C. : United States Antarctic Projects Office, 1959-1960 | |
| Expédition antarctique belge (1897-1899) | Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques. Océanographie. Pt. 1-3 (72 MB), Pt. 4 (107 MB), Pt. 3-5 (148 MB), Pt. 5-7 (301 MB) |
Anvers : Impr. J.-E. Buschmann, 1901- |
| Results derived from the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76. (218 MB) | London : George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1878. | |
| Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) | Results of the solar radiation project. (7.2 MB) Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 3. |
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Resume des travaux de l'Expedition polaire danoise internationale, suivi d'un sommaire des observations meteorologiques faites pendant la derive du Dijmphna dans la mer de Kara.(4 MB) | Copenhague : l'Institut meteorologique danois : Imprimerie J.H. Schultz, 1884. | |
| Mohn, Henrik, (b. 1835) | Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition scientific results. Meteorology. (3.3 MB) | Kristiania : Jacob Dybwad, 1915. |
| Amundsen, Roald. | Roald Amundsen's "The North West passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, by Roald Amundsen, with a supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, vice-commander of the expedition; with about one hundred and thirty-nine illustrations and three maps. Vol. 1 (222 MB), Vol. 2 (239 MB) |
London : A Constable and Co., ltd., 1908. |
| Aubriet, Antoine | De la Rupture des glaces du pôle arctique, ou : observations géographiques, physiques et métérologiques sur les mers et les contrées du pôle arctique. (5.1 MB) | Paris : Baudouin, 1818. |
| Bessels, Emil. | Scientific results of the United States Arctic Expedition, Steamer Polaris, C. F. Hall commanding. Vol. 1., Physical observations. (68 MB) | Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1876. |
| Scott, Robert Falcon. | Scott's last expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley ; with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Vol. 1 (343 MB), Vol. 2 (301 MB) |
New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913. |
| Second supplement to the papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. (1.9 MB) | Washington, D.C. : United States Hydrographic Office, 1872. | |
| Mill, Hugh Rober. | The siege of the South Pole : the story of Antarctic exploration. (126 MB) | London : A. Rivers, 1905. |
| Hazen, William Babcock. | Signal service notes. No. 5 (2.3 MB), No. 10 (3.2 MB) No. 14 (44 MB) | Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief Signal Office, 1882- |
| Sixth supplement to the papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. (15 MB) | Washington, D.C. : United States Hydrographic Office, 1875. | |
| Mossman, R. C. | Some meteorological results of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Reprinted from The Scottish geographical magazine for May 1906. (6.1 MB) | Edinburgh : Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, [1906?] |
| Amundsen, Roald. | The South Pole : an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater. With maps and numerous illustrations. Scanned pages, v. 1 Scanned pages, v. 2 |
London : J. Murray ; New York : L. Keedick, 1913. |
| Broen, R. N. Rudmose (Robert Neal Rudmose, (1879-1957) | Spitsbergen : an account of exploration, hunting, the mineral riches & future potentialities of an Arctic archipelago. (41 MB) | Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott co., 1920. |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. | Statement of Captain Robert E. Peary, United States Navy before Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives. (10 MB) | Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1911. |
| Force, Peter. | Supplement to Grinnell Land : read at the ordinary meeting of the National Institute, July, 1853. (2.3 MB) |
Washington, D.C. : R.A. Waters, Print., [1853] |
| Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) | Tidal works on Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. (18 MB). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 7. | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Jackson, Frederick George. | A thousand days in the Arctic. (348 MB) | New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1899. |
| Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington). | Three years of Arctic service : an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north. Vol. 1 (182 MB), Vol. 2 (144 MB) |
New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1886. |
| ·Ekspedi´t`si´i`a Imperatorskogo russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva (1882-1884). | Trudy russkoi pol´i`arnoi stan´t`s¯ii na ust'´i`e Leny / ·Ekspedi´t`s¯i´i`a Imperatorskago russkago geograficheskago obshchestva = Beobachtungen der russischen Polarstation an der Lenamündung. Pt. 1 (136 MB), Pt. 2 (26 MB) |
[S.l. : s.n.], 1886-1895. |
| Kotzebue, Otto von. | A voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering's straits, for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian imperial navy, Otto von Kotzebue. Vol. 1 (56 MB), Vol. 2 (60 MB), Vol. 3 (27 MB) |
London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. |
| Scott, Falcon Robert, (1868-1912) | The voyage of the "Discovery." Vol. 1 (243 MB), Vol. 2 (255 MB) | New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1905. |
| The voyage of the Jeannette : the ship and ice journals of George W. De Long, lieutenant-commander U. S. N., and commander of the Polar expedition of 1879-1881. Vol. 1 (117 MB), Vol. 2 (134 MB) |
Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1883. | |
| Nordenskièold, A. E. (Adolf Erik) | The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. (411 MB). Translated by Alexander Leslie. |
London ; New York : Macmillan and co., 1886. |
| McCormick, R. M. (Robert M.). | Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic seas and round the world : being personal narratives of attempts to reach the north and south poles, and of an open boat expedition up the Wellington Channel in search of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror in Her Majesty's boat Forlorn Hope under the command of the author. Vol. 1 (295 MB), Vol. 2 (259 MB) |
London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884. |
| Peterson, H. C. | Weather observing program : a descriptive and suggestive summary. (36 MB). Compiled by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Series: Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948). Technical report ; no. 4. | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy Dept., Office of Naval Research, 1948. |
| Taylor, Thomas Griffith, (1880-1963) | With Scott: the silver lining. (143 MB). With nearly 200 illustrations and maps. | New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1916. |
| Davis, John King. | With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, 1911-1914. (105 MB) | London : A. Melrose, Ltd., [1919] |
| Sargent, Epes, (1813-1880). | The wonders of the Arctic world : a history of all the researches and discoveries in the frozen regions of the North, from the earliest times. (63 MB). Together with a complete and reliable history of the Polaris expedition by William H. Cunnington. | Philadelphia : Philadelphia Book Co., [1873] |
| Work of the Signal Service in the Arctic regions. (2.3 MB). Prepared under the direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l W.B. Hazen ; published by authority of the Secretary of War ; United States of America, War Department. Series: Signal Service notes ; no. 5. | Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1883. | |
| Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959. | The worst journey in the world : Antarctic, 1910-1913. Vol. 1 (100 MB), Vol. 2 (60 MB) |
New York : George H. Doran, [1922] |
| Lugein, Jean, Czeslaw Centkiewicz, and Wladyslaw Lysakowski. | Wyniki spostrzezeń polskiej wyprawy roku polarnego 1932-33 na wyspie niedzwiedziej = Résultats des observations de l'expédition polonaise de l'année polaire 1932-33 à l'ile des ours. Zesz. 1 (14.9 MB), Zesz. 2 (114.7 MB), Zesz. 3 (6.9 MB), Zesz. 4 (5.9 MB). Access pending copyright clearance (10/17/08) | Warszawa, Drukarnia Państwowego Instytutu Meteorologicznego, 1936. |
| Ziegler Polar Expedition (1903-195) | The Ziegler Polar Expedition 1903-1905, Anthony Fiala, commander : scientific results obtained under the direction of William J. Peters, representative of the National Geographic Society in charge of scientific work. (325 MB). Edited by John. A. Flaming. | Washington, D.C. : Published under auspices of the National Geographic Society, by the Estate of William Ziegler, 1907. |
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