The Legend of the Karluk: The Arctic Life of Captain Robert Abram Bartlett
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The Legend of the Karluk: The Arctic Life of Captain Robert Abram Bartlett
29.99 €
Robert Abram Bartlett was a polar explorer in the first half of the last century. Talented, professional, strong and courageous, he entered the history, of course, not by the fact that he allegedly reached the latitude of 87°47' in Piri's expedition to the North Pole in 1908-1909, but by the fact that he became famous for the art of navigation among the Arctic ice and, most importantly, for rescuing people from the ship "Karluk" that sank in the Chukchi Sea. And if Bartlett's professional path is somehow described, his inner life full of intense drama - dreams, ambitions, conflicts, fame, victory over himself and love for the North - is published in Russian for the first time in such a complete biographical work. The author - Canadian writer Maura Hanrahan worked in the archives of three countries to tell the reader the truth behind the myth called "Robert Bartlett". Maura Hanrahan's book is contemporary and interesting; it is a historical account of the great ice captain Robert Bartlett, who is little known in Russia. His own book The Log of Bartlett has not been translated into Russian; books about Bartlett by Canadian writer Harold Horvoord Bartlett: The Great Canadian Explorer, reprinted in Canada several times, have not been published in Russia. The introductory article to the book was written by Dmitry Shparo, who in 1972 with four friends crossed the Long Strait on skis - on Bartlett's way, but in the opposite direction: from the coast of Chukotka to Wrangel Island. The book will be of interest to everyone who is fascinated by the Arctic, the history of exploration of the North and the biographies of the charismatic heroes of this history.
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