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Abstract: In August, 1881 Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and a team of 25 determined men set out as part of the First International Polar Year to build a research station on Ellesmere Island, 450 miles from the North Pole. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition began as the most ambitious arctic expedition in United States history, but was destined to descend into a three year journey through a frozen hell - a voyage of forced retreaat, starvation, brewing mutiny and cannibalism. Against all odds, six men survived and returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire as American heros. (from back of book)

Contents: Introduction; Adolphus W. Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition; The Beginning; Research and Exploration; The Retreat; The Rescue; Greely's Later Years; The Making of the Flim - Abandoned in the Arctic; List of Illustrations; Bibliography

Notes: DVD of associated film included with publication; Robson Gmoser was a member of the 2004 expedition team which also included Bob Saunders, Scott Simper, Julia Szucs, Tom Stere, Jeff Clark, Steve Smith, James Shedd, Gino Ded Guercio

ISBN: 0974089524

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G670 C53 A23

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Link to publication on Abe Books

Websites

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A Century of American alpinism, 2002

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2002

Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

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Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Responsibility: Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: American Alpine Club; History; Mountaineering; Clubs

Abstract: Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002

Contents: Forward; Preface; I Earliest American Mountaineers; II Pacific Crests; III Later and Farther North; IV Tidewater Alaska; V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps; VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots; VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism; VIII To the Top of the Continent; IX Other Mountain Clubs of America; X Momentous Events; XI Afield and at War; XII Changing Mores; XIII Moving West; XIV Not All Sweetness and Light; XV The Study of Mountain Elevations; XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness; XVII Changing Faces; Appendices; Index

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: American Alpine Club link to book

Websites

https://americanalpineclub.myshopify.com/products/a-century-of-american-alpinism

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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1961

Author: Terray, Lionel

Publisher: France : Gallimard

Edition: 1st

Call Number: G512 T47 L47

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Author: Terray, Lionel

Responsibility: Lionel Terray

Edition: 1st

Publisher: France : Gallimard

Published Date: 1961

Physical Description: 560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Terray, Lionel; Biography; Alps; Eiger; Himalaya Mountains

Abstract: "All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)

Contents: Decouverte de la montagne; Premieres conquetes; La guerre des Alpes; Je rencontre Lachenal; La face nord de l'Eiger; Guide de grandes courses; L'Annapurna; Sur les sommets du monde

Notes: EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962; French edition signed by Lionel Terray; Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"

ISBN: 2070262146

Accession Number: AC636

Call Number: G512 T47 L47

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publication information on publisher's website

Websites

http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Hors-serie-Connaissance/Les-Conquerants-de-l-inutile

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Exploring South Georgia & the Falklands : M/S Endeavour November 12th - 29th, 2004

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2004

Author: Napoli, Jim

Publisher: Lindblad Expeditions

Call Number: G370-480 N27 E97

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Author: Napoli, Jim

Responsibility: Jim Napoli

Publisher: Lindblad Expeditions

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (59 min., 52 sec.) : colour

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Subjects: Travel; Sailing; Antarctic Regions; Wildlife; Birds; History; Geography

Abstract: Film pertains to a trip aboard the M/S Endeavour from November 12th to November 29th, 2004 of South Georgia and the Falklands which included a trekking party who crossed South Georgia Island following Shakleton's route, led by guides David Hahn, Deirdre Galbraith, James Norton

Notes: Margaret Gmoser was in the trekking party

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G370-480 N27 E97

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Daily Expedition Reports from this expedition

Websites

https://www.expeditions.com/daily-expedition-reports/antarctica/ng-endeavour/november-2004/

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