商品描述
This book provides a well-researched, well-structured, interesting, and informative narrative depicting the little-known yet successful efforts of the Captain Arve Staxrud Norwegian Arctic Rescue Expedition of 1913 that searched for and saved members of the Lieutenant Herbert Schröder-Stranz German Arctic Expedition of 1912 in Spitsbergen (Svalbard). The book portrays the cooperative and strategic endeavors of the humans and animals involved in the Staxrud expedition who worked together to save human lives on the icy fjords and glaciers of the far north during an unseasonable time of year for exploratory expeditions. It examines and analyzes the unpreparedness and lack of training that resulted in the failure of the Schröder-Stranz expedition. It compares and contrasts concurrent rescue expeditions that failed, including the Kurt Wegener expedition and the Theodor Lerner expedition. It describes the crucial role of animals in both the Norwegian and German expeditions, as well as German interest and Norwegian activity in Spitsbergen leading up to the expeditions. And it reconstructs the interaction and organization of principal officers, overwintering experts, Norwegians, Sámi, draft reindeer teams, and experienced sledge dogs who made the Staxrud rescue mission a success and who created and enabled improved search and rescue capabilities for Spitsbergen and for the future of the Arctic archipelago.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書提供了一個經過充分研究、結構良好、有趣且資訊豐富的敘述，描繪了1913年阿爾維·斯塔克魯德（Captain Arve Staxrud）挪威北極救援遠征的鮮為人知但成功的努力，該遠征在斯匹茲卑爾根（Svalbard）尋找並拯救了1912年赫伯特·施羅德-斯特朗茲（Lieutenant Herbert Schröder-Stranz）德國北極遠征的成員。本書描繪了參與斯塔克魯德遠征的人類和動物之間的合作與策略努力，他們在不適合探險的季節裡共同努力，拯救了北極冰峽和冰川上的人命。它檢視並分析了導致施羅德-斯特朗茲遠征失敗的缺乏準備和訓練的情況。它比較並對比了同時期失敗的救援遠征，包括庫爾特·維根（Kurt Wegener）遠征和西奧多·勒納（Theodor Lerner）遠征。它描述了動物在挪威和德國遠征中的關鍵角色，以及德國對斯匹茲卑爾根的興趣和挪威在遠征前的活動。並且重建了主要官員、過冬專家、挪威人、薩米人、馴鹿拉雪橇隊和經驗豐富的雪橇犬之間的互動與組織，這些人和動物使斯塔克魯德救援任務成功，並為斯匹茲卑爾根及未來的北極群島創造並提升了搜索和救援能力。
作者簡介
Mary R. Tahan is a Writer, Producer, and Documentarian, with a professional background in journalism and marketing. Internationally renowned for her informational and educational series, she has authored scholarly articles and historical books, and produced/directed documentary films. Her books, articles, and lectures/presentations focus on Antarctica and the Arctic. As part of her research for her films and books on Polar exploration, Mary R. Tahan was awarded a residency and traveled to Antarctica by invitation of the Dirección Nacional del Antártico (Instituto Antártico Argentino), where she performed on-site photography and videography of the Antarctic landscape, wildlife, and historical sites, as well as conducted interviews with scientists and curators. Her research has also taken her to Argentina, Norway, France, Russia, and England, where she has also interviewed descendants of early explorers of the Arctic and Antarctic. She has presented her work at SCAR and EHAL conferences, as well as at other international venues, and at CADIC-CONICET.
Cornelia Lüdecke is a retired Professor for History of Natural Sciences at the University of Hamburg. She focuses on the history of polar research, meteorology, and oceanography. Since 1991, she is leading the German History of Polar Research Working Group. In 2001, she became Vice President and (2006-2009) President of the International Commission on History of Meteorology. In 2004, she founded the Action (later Expert) Group on History of Antarctic Research within SCAR, which she led until 2018. From 2012-2021, she was one of Vice Presidents of the International Commission on History of Oceanography. In the same year, she became Corresponding Member of the International Academy of the History of Science in Paris. She received the Reinhard Süring Medal in 2010 and the Paulus Award in 2019 both from the German Meteorological Society.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
**瑪麗·R·塔漢**（Mary R. Tahan）是一位作家、製片人和紀錄片製作人，擁有新聞學和行銷的專業背景。她因其資訊性和教育性系列作品而享譽國際，並撰寫過學術文章和歷史書籍，製作和導演紀錄片。她的書籍、文章和演講/報告專注於南極和北極。作為她對極地探索的電影和書籍研究的一部分，瑪麗·R·塔漢獲得了一個居留機會，並受邀前往南極，參加阿根廷南極研究所（Dirección Nacional del Antártico, Instituto Antártico Argentino）的活動，在那裡她進行了南極景觀、野生動物和歷史遺址的現場攝影和錄影，並與科學家和策展人進行了訪談。她的研究還帶她前往阿根廷、挪威、法國、俄羅斯和英國，並訪問了早期北極和南極探險者的後裔。她在SCAR和EHAL會議以及其他國際場合和CADIC-CONICET上展示了她的作品。
**科爾內莉亞·呂德克**（Cornelia Lüdecke）是漢堡大學自然科學史的退休教授。她專注於極地研究、氣象學和海洋學的歷史。自1991年以來，她一直領導德國極地研究歷史工作組。2001年，她成為國際氣象學歷史委員會的副主席，並於2006年至2009年擔任主席。2004年，她在SCAR內成立了南極研究歷史行動小組（後來的專家小組），並一直領導該小組至2018年。從2012年至2021年，她是國際海洋學歷史委員會的副主席之一。同年，她成為巴黎國際科學史學院的通訊會員。她於2010年獲得德國氣象學會頒發的萊因哈德·蘇林獎章，並於2019年獲得保羅斯獎。
