New Lands within the Arctic Circle by Julius von Payer - 9781108041447

New Lands within the Arctic CircleNarrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in the Years 18721874\nAuthor(s): Julius von Payer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108041447, 978-1108041447\nSynopsis\nThis two-volume work by the nineteenth-century Arctic explorer and artist Julius von Payer [tel], originally published in German and translated into English almost immediately in 1876, documents his experiences during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which he commanded from 1872 to 1874 with his colleague Karl Weyprecht. Early into the expedition, of which the original aim was to find a north-eastern passage, their ship, the Tegetthoff, became trapped in ice, and its resultant drifting into unknown territories led to the discovery of Franz-Josef Land. Volume 1 explores the climate and terrain of the Arctic region, the navigational strategies employed by the crew, and the.