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The expeditions

Works whose subject headings name expeditions or voyages of exploration.

Published 1675 to 2024, 178 works

Rebuilt 25 October 2026

  1. Spitzbergische oder Groenlandische Reise Beschreibung gethan im Jahr 1671: aus eigner Erfahrunge beschrieben, die dazu erforderte Figuren nach dem Leben selbst abgerissen (so hierbey in Kupffer zu sehen) und jetzo durch den Druck mitgetheilet, 1675 No period given: the expeditions.
  2. Relation des avantures arrivées a quatre matelots russes: jettés par une tempête près de l'isle deserte d'Ost-Spitzbergen: sur laquelle ils ont passé six ans & trois mois ..., 1766 Covers 1700 to 1799: the expeditions.
  3. An account of a voyage to Spitzbergen: containing a full description of that country, of the zoology of the north, and of the Shetland Isles; with an account of the whale fishery, 1815 No period given: the expeditions.
  4. A voyage to Spitzbergen: containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North, of the Shetland Isles; and of the whale fishery; with an appendix ..., 1818 No period given: the expeditions.
  5. Lettres sur le nord: Danemark, Suède, Norvège, Laponie et Spitzberg, 1840 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  6. Voyage d'une femme au Spitzberg, 1855 No period given: the expeditions.
  7. Seasons with the sea-horses, or Sporting adventures in the northern seas, 1861 No period given: the expeditions.
  8. Spitzbergen und die arktische Central-Region: eine Reihe von Aufsätzen und Karten als Beitrag zur Geographie und Erforschung der Polar-Regionen, 1865 No period given: the expeditions.
  9. Svenska expeditionen till Spetsbergen år 1861 under ledning af Otto Torell, 1865 No period given: the expeditions.
  10. Du Spitzberg au Sahara: étapes d'un naturaliste au Spitzberg, en Laponie, en Écosse, en Suisse, en France, en Italie, en Orient, en Égypte et en Algérie, 1866 No period given: the expeditions.
  11. Die Deutsche Nordpol-Expedition, 1868, 1868 No period given: the expeditions.
  12. Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1868: med kronoångfartyget Sofia: reseskizzer, 1869 No period given: the expeditions.
  13. Die erste deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition im Jahre 1868, 1871 No period given: the expeditions.
  14. The gateway to the Polynia: a voyage to Spitzbergen: from the journal of John C. Wells, 1873 No period given: the expeditions.
  15. Die schwedischen Expeditionen zu Erforschung des hohen Nordens vom Jahr 1870 und 1872 auf 1873, 1874 No period given: the expeditions.
  16. Reise nach Spitzbergen im Sommer 1873 mit dem Schooner "Polarstjernen", 1874 No period given: the expeditions.
  17. Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1872-1873 under ledning af A.E. Nordenskiöld, 1875 No period given: the expeditions.
  18. Yachting in the Arctic seas, or Notes of five voyages of sport and discovery in the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya, 1876 No period given: the expeditions.
  19. Die Metamorphosen des Polareises, 1879 No period given: the expeditions.
  20. Die Nordpolarreisen Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's 1858 bis 1879, 1880 No period given: the expeditions.
  21. Der Kampf um den Nordpol: Geschichte der Nordpolfahrten 1868-1882: populär dargestellt, 1883 No period given: the expeditions.
  22. Anmärkningar om permfossil från Spetsbergen, 1887 No period given: the expeditions.
  23. The skipper in Arctic Seas, 1890 No period given: the expeditions.
  24. Tre månaders dag: minnen från Svenska Spetsbergs-expeditionen 1890, 1891 No period given: the expeditions.
  25. Zwei Fahrten in das nördliche Eismeer nach Spitzbergen und Novaja Zemlja, 1894 No period given: the expeditions.
  26. The first crossing of Spitsbergen: being an account of an inland journey of exploration and survey, with descriptions of several mountain ascents: of boat expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a voyage to North-East-Land, the seven islands, down Hinlopen Strait ..., 1897 No period given: the expeditions.
  27. Wild Norway: with chapters on Spitsbergen, Denmark, etc, 1897 No period given: the expeditions.
  28. Zum ewigen Eise: eine Sommerfahrt ins nördliche Polarmeer und Begegnung mit Andrée und Nansen, 1897 No period given: the expeditions.
  29. With ski & sledge over Arctic glaciers, 1898 No period given: the expeditions.
  30. Da Roma allo Spitzberg: viaggio ed impressioni di due ignoranti, 1900 No period given: the expeditions.
  31. Spitsbergen, 1898 and 1899: voyages with H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco, 1900 No period given: the expeditions.
  32. Två somrar i Norra Ishafvet: Kung Karls Land: Spetsbergens kringsegling: Spanande efter Andrée i nordöstra Grönland. 1: Førra delen, 1900 No period given: the expeditions.
  33. Das Nord-Polarmeer: nach Tagebüchern und Aufnahmen während der Reise mit Sr. Maj. Schiff "Olga", 1901 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  34. Till Spetsbergen och nordöstra Grönland år 1900: natur- och djurlifsskildringar, 1901 No period given: the expeditions.
  35. No man's land: a history of Spitsbergen from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the scientific exploration of the country, 1906 Covers 1596 to 1906: the expeditions.
  36. A travers la banquise: du Spitzberg au Cap Philippe: mai-aout 1905, 1907 No period given: the expeditions.
  37. Round about the North Pole, 1907 No period given: the expeditions.
  38. Avifauna Spitzbergensis: Forschungsreisen nach der Bären-Insel und dem Spitzbergen-Archipel, mit ihren faunistischen und floristischen Ergebnissen, 1911 No period given: the expeditions.
  39. En sommar i norra Ishavet: jakt-, djur- och reseskildringar från Ishavet och Spetsbergen, 1911 No period given: the expeditions.
  40. Quer durch Spitzbergen: eine deutsche Übungsexpedition im Zentralgebiet östlich des Eisfjords, 1911 No period given: the expeditions.
  41. Eine Geologen-fahrt nach Spitzbergen, 1912 No period given: the expeditions.
  42. Rapport sur l'Expédition Isachsen au Spitsberg 1909-1910, 1912 No period given: the expeditions.
  43. Das Nordland, 1913 No period given: the expeditions.
  44. Die Sorge-Bai: aus den Schicksalstagen der Schröder-Stranz-Expedition, 1913 No period given: the expeditions.
  45. Et nos in Arctis, 1913 No period given: the expeditions.
  46. Die Expeditionen zur Rettung von Schröder-Stranz und seinen Begleitern, 1914 No period given: the expeditions.
  47. En ferd til Spitsbergen, 1920 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  48. Spitsbergen: an account of exploration, hunting, the mineral riches & future potentialities of an Arctic archipelago, 1920 No period given: the expeditions.
  49. Fra Ishavet: ishavsfarer Sivert Tobiesen: folk, fangst og færder, 1921 No period given: the expeditions.
  50. Amid snowy wastes: wild life on the Spitsbergen archipelago, 1922 No period given: the expeditions.
  51. A naturalist at the poles: the life, work & voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce, the polar explorer, 1923 No period given: the expeditions.
  52. Fra Spitsbergen, 1923 No period given: the expeditions.
  53. By airplane towards the North Pole: an account of an expedition to Spitzbergen in the summer of 1923, 1925 No period given: the expeditions.
  54. Der Flug zum Pol, 1925 No period given: the expeditions.
  55. With seaplane and sledge in the Arctic, 1925 No period given: the expeditions.
  56. Nordland: eine Ferienfahrt nach Norwegen und Spitzbergen, 1927 No period given: the expeditions.
  57. Under sail in the frozen North, 1927 No period given: the expeditions.
  58. Det store polardrama, 1928 No period given: the expeditions, at Ny-Ålesund.
  59. Ishavsreportaget, 1928 No period given: the expeditions, at Ny-Ålesund.
  60. "Italia"-tragedien på nært hold, 1928 No period given: the expeditions.
  61. När Nobile räddades: mina upplevelser under den svenska Spetsbergsexpeditionen 1928, 1928 No period given: the expeditions, at Ny-Ålesund.
  62. På ski over den sydøstlige del av Spitsbergen, 1928 No period given: the expeditions.
  63. 48 giorni sul "pack", 1929 No period given: the expeditions.
  64. Die Arktis ruft!: mit Hundeschlitten und Kamera durch Spitzbergen und Grönland, 1929 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  65. The Norwegian Svalbard expeditions 1906-1926, 1929 No period given: the expeditions.
  66. Vijf jaar in ijs en sneeuw: mijn leven in het noordpoolgebied, 1929 No period given: the expeditions, at Barentsburg.
  67. Andrée: mannen med vilja och mod, 1930 No period given: the expeditions.
  68. L' "Italia" al Polo Nord, 1930 Covers 1900 to 1999: the expeditions.
  69. Med "Italia" fra Rom til Nordpolen: tilligemed nogle ikke tidligere offentliggjorte aktstykker bl.a. vedrørende undersøgelses-kommissionen og dens dom, 1930 No period given: the expeditions.
  70. Med Örnen mot polen: Andrées polarexpedition år 1897, 1930 No period given: the expeditions.
  71. Walvischvaarten, overwinteringen en jachtbedrijven in het hooge noorden 1633-1635: zes teksten verzameld en van aanteekeningen voorzien, 1930 No period given: the expeditions.
  72. Sommar vid Polhavet, 1931 No period given: the expeditions.
  73. Sandheden om Nobile: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in memoriam, 1932 No period given: the expeditions.
  74. Kineser och pingviner: en naturforskares minnen från jordens fyra hörn, 1933 No period given: the expeditions.
  75. Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelsers ekspedisjoner til Nordøst-Grønland i årene 1931-1933; Isfjord fyr og radiostasjon, Svalbard, 1934 No period given: the expeditions.
  76. Roald Amundsens siste ferd, 1934 No period given: the expeditions.
  77. Young men in the Arctic: the Oxford University Arctic Expediton to Spitsbergen 1933, 1935 No period given: the expeditions.
  78. Luftkartlegningen på Svalbard 1936, 1936 No period given: the expeditions.
  79. Tilsjøs under napoleonskrigene: en norsk sjømanns opplevelser 1802-1854, 1936 No period given: the expeditions.
  80. The Oxford University Arctic expedition, North East Land, 1935-36, 1937 Covers 1935 to 1936: the expeditions.
  81. Under the Pole star: the Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6, 1937 Covers 1935 to 1936: the expeditions.
  82. Croisière blanche: récit, 1938 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  83. Crossing West Spitsbergen from south to north, 1938 No period given: the expeditions.
  84. Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht, 1938 No period given: the expeditions.
  85. The cradle of the north wind, 1938 Covers 1935 to 1936: the expeditions.
  86. Min far upplever polarnatten: Edvard Jäderins övervintring på Spetsbergen för fyrtio år sedan, 1939 No period given: the expeditions.
  87. Polarliv, 1940 No period given: the expeditions.
  88. Mit dem Fieseler-Storch ins Nordpolarmeer, 1942 No period given: the expeditions.
  89. Vår forunderlige klode: fra friluftsliv og forskningsferder, 1942 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  90. Over de høye fjelle, 1946 No period given: the expeditions.
  91. Polar exploration, 1947 No period given: the expeditions.
  92. Astronomical observations on Hopen, 1948 No period given: the expeditions, on Hopen.
  93. Quaternary fossils from the Sassen-area in Isfjorden, West-Spitsbergen: (The marine mollusc fauna), 1950 No period given: the expeditions.
  94. Alpinisme polaire: l'Expédition Maillard au Spitzberg, 1951 No period given: the expeditions.
  95. Geochemical affinities of some coals from Svalbard, 1953 No period given: the expeditions.
  96. Oxford expeditions to Nordaustlandet <North East Land>, Spitsbergen, 1953 No period given: the expeditions.
  97. Wettertrupp Haudegen: eine deutsche Arktisexpedition 1944/45, 1954 Covers 1939 to 1945: the expeditions.
  98. Dyretråkk og fugletrekk på 74° nord, 1955 No period given: the expeditions.
  99. Arktisk utpost: berättelsen om den svensk-finsk-schweiziska expeditionen till Nordostlandet 1957-1958, 1960 Covers 1957 to 1958: the expeditions.
  100. Die Frostschutt-Zone Südost-Spitzbergens, 1960 No period given: the expeditions.
  101. Et blad av Spitsbergens turisthistorie: "The Spitzbergen Swindle", 1961 No period given: the expeditions.
  102. Spitzbergen: Gipfel über dem nördlichen Eismeer: Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse der Schweizer Spitzbergen-Expedition 1962, 1963 No period given: the expeditions.
  103. Gletscherland in der Arktis, 1965 No period given: the expeditions.
  104. The petrology of the Harkerbreen group of the Lower Hecla Hoek of Ny Friesland and Olav V Land, Spitsbergen, 1966 No period given: the expeditions.
  105. En pariserinnes reise gjennom Norge til Spitsbergen anno 1838, 1968 No period given: the expeditions.
  106. Airship over the Pole: the story of the Italia, 1969 No period given: the expeditions.
  107. Ces montagnes qui flottent sur la mer, 1969 No period given: the expeditions.
  108. Polarbasillen: tredve år rundt Arktis, 1969 No period given: the expeditions.
  109. Geology of the Adventdalen map area, 1972 No period given: the expeditions.
  110. Bjørnøya: På utpost i ishavet, 1973 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  111. North-east passage: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, his life and times, 1973 No period given: the expeditions.
  112. Reise i Öst- og Vest-Finmarken samt til Beeren-Eiland og Spitsbergen: i Aarene 1827 og 1828, 1973 Covers 1800 to 1899: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  113. Journey into silence, 1976 No period given: the expeditions.
  114. The year-long day: one man's Arctic, 1976 No period given: the expeditions.
  115. Kurs Spitzbergen: Walfang - Expeditionen - Kreuzfahrten, 1977 No period given: the expeditions.
  116. The "Italia" disaster: fact and fantasy: including the personal experiences of a member of one of the relief expeditions, 1977 No period given: the expeditions.
  117. North Pole, 1978 No period given: the expeditions.
  118. Farvel Rundø, 1979 No period given: the expeditions.
  119. Ice crash, 1979 No period given: the expeditions.
  120. ''Spitsbergen-svindelen'': et blad av Spitsbergens turisthistorie, 1979 No period given: the expeditions.
  121. Svenska arktiska expeditioner under 1800-talet, 1979 Covers 1800 to 1900: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  122. Island og det gamle Svalbard: islendingenes kjennskap til Jan Mayen, deres og andre ferder dit fra Island, 1980 No period given: the expeditions.
  123. Arktisk sommar: med Ymer genom Ishavet, 1981 No period given: the expeditions.
  124. Drama i Ishavet, 1981 No period given: the expeditions.
  125. Espen i isen, 1981 No period given: the expeditions.
  126. Ishav: isbrytaren H.M.S. Ymers färd i polarhavet sommaren 1980, 1982 No period given: the expeditions.
  127. Svalbard: mennesket i den siste villmark, 1982 No period given: the expeditions.
  128. Drama i Ishavet: M/S "Enigheten"s tragiske forlis, 1986 No period given: the expeditions.
  129. Fra Arktis til Antarktis med Northern Light, 1986 No period given: the expeditions.
  130. The Arctic Grail: the quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909, 1988 No period given: the expeditions.
  131. Isens og mørkets redsler: roman, 1991 No period given: the expeditions.
  132. High latitudes: a history of Swedish polar travels and research, 1993 No period given: the expeditions.
  133. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: an encyclopedia, 1994 No period given: the expeditions.
  134. Hopen: ishavsøy og meteorologisk stasjon: norsk-arktisk værtjeneste: den tysk-arktiske værtjenesten 1940-45, 1994 Covers 1939 to 1945: the expeditions, on Hopen.
  135. Kongen av Sassen Bay: fangstfolkenes historie, 1995 Covers 1900 to 1999: the expeditions.
  136. Polaräventyr, 1995 No period given: the expeditions.
  137. Med Andrée till Spetsbergen 1896: ångbefälhavare Hugo Zachaus dagbok, 1996 No period given: the expeditions.
  138. Paul Bjørvig, Hardhausen: dagbøkene 32 år etter: Frans Josefs land og Svalbard, 1996 No period given: the expeditions.
  139. Ultima Thule: et skrift i anledning Universitetsbibliotekets utstilling om det ytterste nord, 10.10.-22.11.1996, 1996 No period given: the expeditions.
  140. Brev nordfrå, 1997 Covers 1800 to 1899: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  141. En reise til Beeren Eiland og Spitsbergen i 1828, 1997 No period given: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  142. Ishavsfolk og ferder, 1997 No period given: the expeditions.
  143. Polhav: om personligheter i skruisen, 1997 No period given: the expeditions.
  144. The Wellman polar airship expeditions at Virgohamna, Danskøya, Svalbard: a study in aerospace archaeology, 1997 No period given: the expeditions.
  145. Willem Barentsz' siste reise, 1997 Covers 1500 to 1599: the expeditions, on Bjørnøya.
  146. Dagboken fra Spitsbergen 1907-08, 1998 No period given: the expeditions.
  147. Om Spitsbergen og den Wellmanske polarekspedisjon: foredrag den 24de oktober 1894, 1998 No period given: the expeditions.
  148. The Centennial of S.A. Andrée's North Pole expedition: proceedings of a conference on S.A. Andrée and the Agenda for Social Science Research of the Polar Regions, 1999 No period given: the expeditions.
  149. Tømmermann på Svalbard: om hangaren til luftskipet "Norge" og andre fortellinger, 1999 No period given: the expeditions, at Ny-Ålesund.
  150. Virgohamna: in the air toward the North Pole, 1999 No period given: the expeditions.
  151. Hvite horisonter, 2000 No period given: the expeditions.
  152. Menn av is og kulde: kampen om Svalbard, 2000 Covers 1939 to 1945: the expeditions.
  153. Svalbard: et eventyrlig polarliv, 2000 Covers 1990 to 1999: the expeditions.
  154. La Recherche: en ekspedisjon mot nord, 2002 Covers 1800 to 1899: the expeditions.
  155. Tragedien Umberto Nobile: polarhelt eller svikar?, 2002 Covers 1900 to 1999: the expeditions.
  156. Alt vel -: fangst og eventyr i isen, 2003 No period given: the expeditions.
  157. Den svenske Ikaros: berättelserna om Andrée, 2003 No period given: the expeditions.
  158. Drama in the Arctic - S.O.S Italia: the search for Nobile and Amundsen: a diary and postal history, 2003 No period given: the expeditions.
  159. Norway - a consistent polar nation?: analysis of an image seen through the history of the Norwegian Polar Institute, 2003 Covers 1900 to 1999: the expeditions.
  160. Shipwrecked on the top of the World: four against the Arctic, 2004 Covers 1700 to 1799: the expeditions.
  161. Innocents in the Arctic: the 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition, 2005 No period given: the expeditions.
  162. Polarfahrer: im Banne der Arktis: Erlebnisse eines deutschen Polarforschers, 2005 No period given: the expeditions.
  163. Berserk til Valhall, 2006 No period given: the expeditions.
  164. "-men så kom jo den 9. april i veien...": Adolf Hoel: den glemte polarpioneren, 2008 No period given: the expeditions.
  165. Svenska fysikaliska-meteorologiska expeditionen till Spetsbergen juli 1882 - september 1883: S.A. Andrées dagbok från deltagandet i det första internationella polaråret, 2008 Covers 1800 to 1899: the expeditions.
  166. Eventyret: en biografi om Helge Ingstad, 2009 No period given: the expeditions.
  167. Kalde kyster, ukjent land: den norske polarhistorien, 2009 No period given: the expeditions.
  168. Kongelig polartokt, 2009 No period given: the expeditions.
  169. Helge Ingstad: en biografi, 2010 No period given: the expeditions.
  170. "-en sten løftet fra mitt hjerte-": en reise over Polhavet i Nansens og Frams geologiske fotefar, 2011 No period given: the expeditions, on the ice.
  171. Norges ti viktigste polarekspedisjoner, 2012 No period given: the expeditions.
  172. Polarheltinner: Cecilie Skog, Liv Arnesen, Monica Kristensen, Christiane Ritter, Wanny Woldstad, Ellen Dorthea Nøis, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, 2012 No period given: the expeditions.
  173. Ekspedisjonen, 2014 Covers 2010 to 2019: the expeditions.
  174. Expedition Svalbard: lost views on the shorelines of economy, 2015 No period given: the expeditions.
  175. Ishavsfarerne: 1859-1909, 2016 No period given: the expeditions.
  176. Amundsens siste reise, 2017 No period given: the expeditions.
  177. Arktisk jaktsafari: storviltjakt i Ishavet 1859-1909, 2018 No period given: the expeditions.
  178. Kjønn i isen, 2024 No period given: the expeditions.