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On the Arctic Frontier : Ernest Leffingwell’s Polar Explorations and Legacy
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During an age of celebrated polar adventurers, ambitious young geologist Ernest deKoven Letting well traveled to the Arctic as chief scientist for the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition. He experience...
During an age of celebrated polar adventurers, ambitious young geologist Ernest deKoven Letting well traveled to the Arctic as chief scientist for the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition. He experienced the dangers of living and traveling in an extreme environment as he learned to operate delicate scientific instruments under harsh conditions. Then, with fellow explorer and friend Ejnar Mikkelsen, Leffingwell co-organized the 1906 Anglo-American Polar Expedition. Despite the perils and challenges of navigating pack ice, they determined the edge of the continental shelf-the first solid evidence that there was no land north of Alaska. Leffingwell stayed behind, and with assistance from his Inupiaq neighbors, the dedicated, driven risk-taker explored, surveyed, and documented geography along Alaska's north coast and geology in what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). On the North Slope of the Brooks Range, he pioneered research in ground ice (permafrost), recorded observations of wildlife, and collected specimens for the Smithsonian and other institutions. Scientists and scholars still admire and use his groundbreaking work. Book jacket.
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- Creator
- Janet R. Collins
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2017]
- ©[2017]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- ISBNs
- 1636821219, 9780874223514, 0874223512, 9781636821214
- OCLC
- on1398466518, ocn990499326
- 1. To the Arctic : the Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition -- 2. Interlude: 1902-1906 -- 3. The Anglo-American Polar Expedition -- 4. Winter quarters at Flaxman Island -- 5. The Okpilak : "place of no willows" -- 6. The Canning and Hulahula rivers -- 7. Return to the Canning -- 8. Return north, 1909 -- 9. Mapping coastline and mountains, 1910-1911 -- 10. Exploration of the coastline continues, 1912 -- 11. Return north on the Mary Sachs, 1913-1914 -- 12. Post-Arctic life: 1914-1949 -- 13. The later years: 1950-1971 -- 14. Recognition -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Baldwin-Ziegler and AAPE members -- Appendix 2. Timeline -- Appendix 3. Okpilak sledge trip eqipment and food -- Appendix 4. Selected geographic names -- Appendix 5. Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion table