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The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
A 1927 biography of the naval officer and polar explorer Sir Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918), using his own journals.
Admiral Albert Hastings Markham
The story of a 19th-century adventurer who battled pirates, hunted buffalo, sailed the Arctic, and was “one of the most arresting figures of his time” (The Globe). Few men have lived such an extraordinary life as Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. Besides dedicating five decades of his career to Britain’s Royal Navy, Markham was a voracious reader, prolific writer, keen naturalist, and daring explorer. He battled Chinese pirates during the Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion; chased down Australian blackbirding ships in the South Pacific; trekked to within 400 miles of the North Pole; hunted buffalo and visited Indian reservations in the United States; observed a bloody war in South A...
The Great Frozen Sea
The Great Frozen Sea is a book by Albert Hastings Markham. It provides a fascinating first-hand account of the British Arctic expedition of 1875, where a dog-sled journey took the explorers further north than anyone previously.
The Life of Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S.
A 1917 biography of the explorer and historical geographer, written by his cousin and fellow polar enthusiast.
Northward Ho!
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The Great Frozen Sea
The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert" During the Arctic by Sir Albert Hastings Markham, first published in 1894, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Admirals in Collision
In 1893, the flagship of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet sank within ten minutes of colliding with another Navy battleship while anchoring off Tripoli, with the loss of 350 crew. This text examines how the accident happened and looks at why the ship sank so quickly.
