Mostly Mischief [electronic resource] : Including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level
H.W. Tilman2016
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'However many times it has been done, the act of casting off the warps and
letting go one's last hold of the shore at the start of a voyage has about it
something solemn and irrevocable, like marriage, for better or for worse.'
Mostly Mischief's ordinary title belies four more extraordinary voyages made by
H.W. 'Bill' Tilman covering almost 25,000 miles in both Arctic and Antarctic
waters.
The first sees the pilot cutter Mischief retracing the steps of Elizabethan
explorer John Davis to the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage. Tilman and
a companion land on the north coast and make the hazardous crossing of Bylot
Island while the remainder of the crew make the eventful passage to the southern
shore to recover the climbing party. Back in England, Tilman refuses to accept
the condemnation of Mischief's surveyor, undertaking costly repairs before
heading back to sea for a first encounter with the East Greenland ice.
Between June 1964 and September 1965, Tilman is ...
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Author:
H.W. Tilman, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Vertebrate Digital, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781909461291
Language:
English
BRN:
434209
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |