New lands within the Arctic circle / Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874

TWILIGHT AT MIDDAY, FEBRUARY 1874.


NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERIES OF THE AUSTRIAN SHIP “TEGETTHOFF” IN THE YEARS 1872-1874.
BY JULIUS PAYER, ONE OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE EXPEDITION.
WITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR.
Translated from the German, with the Author’s Approbation.
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 549 AND 551 BROADWAY. 1877.


In laying this book before the Public I desire, in the first instance, to acknowledge without reserve my sense of the great merits of my colleague, Lieutenant Weyprecht. The reader of the following pages will learn with what unwearied, though fruitless, energy he struggled to free the Tegetthoff from her icy prison, and what dauntless courage and unfailing command of resources he displayed in our hazardous retreat from the abandoned ship, till the moment of our happy rescue. The order and discipline maintained on board ship, and in the terrible march over the Frozen Ocean, as well as in the perilous boat voyage after leaving the ice-barrier, were mainly due to his distinguished abilities. He had supreme command of the expedition, as long as its duties were strictly nautical; when the operations of sledging and surveying began, I had the responsibility of a separate and independent command.