Edinger, Ray. Fury Beach; the four-year odyssey of Captain John Ross and the Victory.EDINGER, Ray. Fury Beach; the four-year odyssey of Captain John Ross and the Victory. Penguin, Berkley. 279p. illus. bibliog. index. c2003. 0-425-19604-6. $13.00. SA Most readers are aware of the major Arctic explorers such as Roald Amundson, Admiral Peary, and Sir John Franklin
tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. Northwest Passage. The major European powers had dispatched scores of ships to the treacherous channels of the Canadian Archipelago during the 19th century, hopefully to open a trade route from the North Atlantic to Alaska's Bering Strait. Some were surpassingly well planned; some were slipshod slip·shod adj. 1. Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly. See Synonyms at sloppy. 2. Slovenly in appearance; shabby or seedy. slip ventures whose incompetence is grimly humorous. All suffered from unsuitable clothing, dubious food and marginal living conditions. One of these all-but-unknowns was Captain John Ross, a complex and stubborn sea dog who sailed farther into the unknown than anyone else, discovered the north magnetic pole The Earth's North Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth's surface at which the Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards (i.e. the "dip" is 90°). The North Magnetic Pole should not be confused with the lesser known North Geomagnetic Pole , and befriended the Inuit. He also antagonized the Admiralty, and angered the Arctic community by farsightedly declaring that even if a Northwest Passage did exist, it would be commercially useless and not worth the finding. Ignoring official ostracism ostracism (ŏs`trəsĭz'əm), ancient Athenian method of banishing a public figure. It was introduced after the fall of the family of Pisistratus. , he scraped up private financial backing, recruited his nephew (a noted explorer) and set out on the adventure that reinstated his reputation and fortunes for the rest of his life. Author Ray Edinger is a bibliophile and avid student of Arctic exploration, and he has produced a popular history "that just had to be written." Edinger's enthusiasm and knowledge shine through the pages and make for reading that is lively as well as accurate. This book is, in fact, one of those that can be opened anywhere and will captivate the reader's interest. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. Raymond Puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). , Ph.D., Historian, Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Lancaster, CA |
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