Emil Bessels Books

Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive. Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader.

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Emil Bessels, ein Naturforscher, berichtet von seiner Überlebensgeschichte auf einer Eisscholle in extremen Bedingungen. Ohne moderne Annehmlichkeiten kämpfte eine kleine Gruppe monatelang gegen Minusgrade und stürmisches Wetter. Dieses packende Abenteuer zeigt die Herausforderungen der vormodernen Zeit.

Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition von 1879 bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die Entdeckungsreise zum geografischen Nordpol. Mit zahlreichen Holzschnitt-Illustrationen, Diagrammen und einer farbigen Karte wird die Expedition anschaulich dokumentiert. Der Nachdruck bewahrt die originale Gestaltung und vermittelt die Herausforderungen sowie die wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse der damaligen Zeit. Ideal für Geschichtsinteressierte und Liebhaber historischer Entdeckungsreisen.

Lange Zeit stellten die nördlichsten Regionen der Erde die bis dahin am wenigsten erkundeten Gebiete der Welt dar. Bis eine Reihe von Forschern im Auftrage ihrer Nationen gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts begannen, sich den Gefahren und Tücken der Eismeere zu stellen, um auch die entlegensten Winkel des Nordpols zu erforschen. In der Reihe „Norpolexpeditionen“ werden einige ausgewählte Expeditionen dieser Zeit vorgestellt. Emil Bessels, 1847-1888, Naturforscher und Nordpolfahrer schildert in diesem Buch seine Expedition zu dem nördlichsten Gebiet der Erde, dem Nordpol. Die Ergebnisse seiner Expeditionen trugen wesentlich bei der Erforschung dieser wenig bekannten Gegend bei.