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

An officer's first-hand account of an Arctic expedition whose ship becomes beset and drifts in pack ice, culminating in the sighting and later exploration of previously unknown polar land. The narrative interweaves episodic adventure—attempts to free the vessel, wildlife encounters, sledging and surveying, the abandonment of ship, an arduous over-ice march and a hazardous boat voyage—with practical scientific work, including magnetical and meteorological observations, maps, and natural-history notes and illustrations. Leadership, discipline, and resourcefulness sustain the crew through privation and danger while facilitating geographical discovery and documentation.