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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Adventurous Life: Johan Koren, polar explorer and naturalist. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Adventurous Life is the first English-language translation of Steinar Wikans Norwegian biography (2000) of Johan Koren. Cathrine Harboe-Rees careful and sensitive translation will make known to the world the remarkable story of this major figure of polar exploration and zoology.Johan Koren commenced a life of exploration at the age of 17, on an 1897 expedition where he and his fellow crew members over-wintered in the Antarctic, the first people to do so. During a period in which museums and private collectors clamoured for rare flora and fauna specimens, Korens personal qualities and professional expertise made him almost uniquely qualified for their pursuit.Enduring shipwrecks in the sub-Antarctic and polar north, destructive storms and the deaths of expedition companions, and surviving for a time in Siberia with assistance from local Chukchi people, Koren would eventually make important ornithological discoveries and have bird and animal species named after him by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. An Adventurous Life tells the remarkable story of Johan Koren, a pioneering polar explorer and naturalist whose Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, scientific discoveries and extraordinary resilience left a lasting mark on zoology. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Johan Koren commenced a life of exploration at the age of 17, when he attained a position on the RV Belgica, leaving his native Norway in 1897 on an expedition to the Antarctic. Trapped by ice floes closing in around them, Koren and his fellow crew members over-wintered in the Antarctic, the first people ever to do so.An ardent naturalist by the time he became an orphan at age 11, this far-from-ordinary teenager was to grow into an extraordinary adult, participating in expeditions in the polar north and south and becoming a ship's captain leading expeditions in northeastern Siberia and Alaska. During a period in which museums and private collectors clamoured for rare flora and fauna specimens, Koren's personal qualities and professional expertise made him almost uniquely qualified for their pursuit. Enduring shipwrecks in the sub-Antarctic and polar north, destructive storms and the deaths of expedition companions, and surviving for a time in Siberia with assistance from local Chukchi people, Koren would eventually make important ornithological discoveries and have bird and animal species named after him by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.'An Adventurous Life' is the first English-language translation of Steinar Wikan's comprehensive biographical study, published in Norwegian in 2000. Cathrine Harboe-Ree's careful and sensitive translation will make known to the world the remarkable story of this major figure of polar exploration and zoology.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Adventurous Life is the first English-language translation of Steinar Wikans Norwegian biography (2000) of Johan Koren. Cathrine Harboe-Rees careful and sensitive translation will make known to the world the remarkable story of this major figure of polar exploration and zoology.Johan Koren commenced a life of exploration at the age of 17, on an 1897 expedition where he and his fellow crew members over-wintered in the Antarctic, the first people to do so. During a period in which museums and private collectors clamoured for rare flora and fauna specimens, Korens personal qualities and professional expertise made him almost uniquely qualified for their pursuit.Enduring shipwrecks in the sub-Antarctic and polar north, destructive storms and the deaths of expedition companions, and surviving for a time in Siberia with assistance from local Chukchi people, Koren would eventually make important ornithological discoveries and have bird and animal species named after him by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. An Adventurous Life tells the remarkable story of Johan Koren, a pioneering polar explorer and naturalist whose Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, scientific discoveries and extraordinary resilience left a lasting mark on zoology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Adventurous Life is the first English-language translation of Steinar Wikans Norwegian biography (2000) of Johan Koren. Cathrine Harboe-Rees careful and sensitive translation will make known to the world the remarkable story of this major figure of polar exploration and zoology.Johan Koren commenced a life of exploration at the age of 17, on an 1897 expedition where he and his fellow crew members over-wintered in the Antarctic, the first people to do so. During a period in which museums and private collectors clamoured for rare flora and fauna specimens, Korens personal qualities and professional expertise made him almost uniquely qualified for their pursuit.Enduring shipwrecks in the sub-Antarctic and polar north, destructive storms and the deaths of expedition companions, and surviving for a time in Siberia with assistance from local Chukchi people, Koren would eventually make important ornithological discoveries and have bird and animal species named after him by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. An Adventurous Life tells the remarkable story of Johan Koren, a pioneering polar explorer and naturalist whose Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, scientific discoveries and extraordinary resilience left a lasting mark on zoology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…