Through Siberia - Jonas Jonsson Stadling
Through Siberia -Jonas Jonsson Stadling
Found the book at Commonwealth Book (Boston) on Nov 5, 2023.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 1901.
Account of an expedition to search for Andree along the Siberian Arctic coast sponsored by the Swedish Geographical Society. 1901
Hardcover. 1st English Translation. xvi,315pp. Octavo in original illustrated blue cloth with plates (inluding frontipiece) from photos and two maps, all included in pagination. Top of spine frayed.
Swedish journalist and author
Jonas Stadling svensk baptistpredikant, tidningsman och skriftställare
Death: 11 May 1935, Adolf Fredriks parish (Norra begravningsplatsen)
(12. November 1847 im Kirchspiel Myssjö, Gemeinde Berg, Jämtlands län; 1935) war ein schwedischer Journalist und Schriftsteller. Er war ab 1878 mit Anna Wiberg verheiratet.
Stadlings Eltern waren die Bauersleute Jon Jönsson und Hedvig Stadling. Von 1869 bis 1973 absolvierte Stadling das sogenannte „Betelseminariet“ in Stockholm, ein im Jahre 1866 gegründetes Ausbildungsseminar für baptistische Prediger. In den folgenden Jahren (1875–1878) studierte Stadling in Göteborg, Genf und Manchester. Von 1880 bis 1883 unternahm Stadling Reisen durch Amerika.
Ab 1891 war Stadling bei der schwedischen Zeitung Aftonbladet angestellt. In seinen Artikeln behandelte er unter anderem die Situation der Sámi sowie andere wichtige Fragen, die die Region Norrland betrafen. Im Winter 1892–1893 unterstützte er Leo Tolstoi bei dessen Kampf gegen die Hungersnot in Russland.
Im Jahre 1897 begleitete er Salomon August Andrée nach Spitzbergen (siehe Hauptartikel: Andrées Polarexpedition von 1897). Gemeinsam mit dem Ingenieur K. Frænkel und dem Botaniker H.N. Nilson unternahm er ein Jahr später, von April bis Dezember 1898 eine Aufklärungsexpedition nach Nordsibirien um Informationen über den Verbleib Andrées nach dessen Ballongreise zum Nordpol zu sammeln.
Die Reise mit der erfolglosen Suche nach Andrée behandelte Stadling in seinem Buch „Genom Sibirien. På spaning efter Andrée“.
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Table of Contents
Title and contents - cover, pretitle, frontispiece, title page, imprint, xi, xii, xiii, xiv
Preface by F. H. H. Guillemard - vii, viii, ix, x
Illustrations - xv, xvi
I. To the Gate of Siberia - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, blank, 9, 10
The Object of our Journey—Polar Expeditions of 1898—The Vega-Stipendium and our Party—In St. Petersburg—The Crowding at the Gate—Emigration Statistics—Talks with the Mujiks
II. The Steppes of Western Siberia - 11, 12, 13, blank, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, blank, 21, 22, 23, 24
The Siberian Train—The West Siberian Lowlands—A Dreary Plain—Life on the Train—Lying as a Pastime—Dinner by the Way—The Kirgises—Colonisation of the Akmolinsk Steppe—Miseries of the Emigrants
III. In the Heart of Siberia - 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
The Press in Siberia—Robberies and Murders—The “Podsnieshniks”—The Ob Bridge—Poskotina and Zaimki—Development of the Communal System—The New-comer and the old Settler—We Reach Tomsk
IV. Through the Forest-Region - 34, 35, blank, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
Krasnoyarsk and the Yenisei—Delayed at Tulun—By Tarantass on the Old Siberian Road—The Taiga—Its Influence on the Settler—Bad Characters—The typical Siberian Village—Its Inhabitants—A Night Adventure
V. Over the Buriatic Steppe - 48, 49, blank, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
In Irkutsk—Buriat Villages—History of the Buriats—Communism—Shamanism—Buddhist Missionaries—The “Buriatisation” of the Russians—Dorschi Bantsaroff—A Gifted Race
VI. The Upper Lena - 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66
Katschùga and Schigàlova—Steamers on the River—Pauski—We commence our Voyage—Configuration of the Lena Valley—Its Size and its Tributaries—Scenery—Ust Kutsk and its History—“Gold Barons” on the Steamer—Kirensk
VII. On the Middle Lena - 67, 68, 69, blank, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, blank, 77
Vitim—The Gold Districts—Labour on the Goldfields—“Varnak-Wages”—Statistics of the Gold Output—System of Mining—Payday—“The Nobility of Vitim”—Trans-Shipment to the Permiak—Scenery of the Middle Lena—Exiles northward bound—Yakutised Russians—“Pillars of the Lena”—Olekminsk
VIII. The Province of Yakutsk - 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, blank, 85, 86, 87
Physical Characters of the Province—Intense Cold—Noises of the Arctic Night—The Storms of Spring—Break-up of the Ice—Summer in the Far North—An ever-frozen Soil—Products of the Province—Mammoth Ivory
IX. The Yakuts - 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Population—Social Organisation—Yakut Horses and Cattle—Culture of Cereals—The Yurta—Dress and Ceremonies—Shamanism—Russian Shamanists
X. The Skoptsi in Exile - 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, blank, 103, 104, 105, 106
Olekminsk—Spaskoie—What Skoptsi Labour has done—An uneasy Corpse—Marscha, the Skoptsi Colony—A Finnish Member of the Sect—A Philosopher’s Library—History of the Skoptsi
XI. In the City of Yakutsk - 107, 108, 109, blank, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, blank, 117, 118
Andrée Stories—Yakutsk and its Mud—The Freebooters—Atrocities of the Voyevodes—Revolt of the Natives—Yakutsk of To-day—The Kossack “payek”
XII. The Political Exiles and their Services to Science - 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, blank, 125, 126, 127
The Early Explorers—Martyrs of Science—The Meteorology of Verkhoyansk—A Via Dolorosa—The Life-Work of Tschekanovsky—His Suicide
XIII. From Yakutsk to the Lower Lena - 128, 129, blank, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, blank, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146
The Lena and its Scenery—Osfa—The Tunguses—The Shaman Spirit-World—Schigansk—Bulun—The “King” of Bulun—Slavery and Famine—Fish and Fisheries of the Lower Lena
XIV. Among the Natives on the Lower Lena - 147, 148, 149, blank, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, blank, 157, 158, 159, blank, 161
Our Plans for the Arctic Journey—Lodkas and Vetkas—The “Christian” Russians—Native Graves—A Tungus Dance—Story of the Jeannette—Bulkur—Ancient River-terraces—“Rock-Ice”
XV. Through the Lena Delta - 162, 163, 164, 165, blank, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, blank, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, blank, 181, 182, 183
More Delays—Nilson bids us Adieu—Tit-Ary—The Stolb—Monument Cape—Cross erected to De Long’s Party—“Prince” Vinokuroff—Migrations of Reindeer—Winter overtakes us—Storms and Gales—Tora—Life with the Tunguses—A Tungus Orator—Ytang—Tungus Marriage Customs—Fighting the Polar Storms—Frozen-in at last
XVI. Ice-bound in the Arctic Sea - 184, 185, 186, 187, blank, 189, 190, 191, blank, 193, 194, 195, blank, 197, 198, 199, 200
Frozen-in on Kangelak—Native Habits—We send for Relief—The Dolgan Nalthanoff—Arrival of the Relief Party—Sledge Dogs—We start for the Olenek—Sledging Mishaps—An Arctic Post-Office—We reach the Olenek
XVII. Across the Tundra to the Anabar - 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213
Natives of the Olenek—Prontchischtschev’s Grave—A Tungus Chief and his Reindeer—The Reindeer-Nomads—Reindeer and Sledges—We start for Anabar—The Routine of Tundra Sledging—“Rock-Ice”—Tameness of Birds—Wild Reindeer—Poverty and Epidemics
XVIII. From the Anabar to the Katanga - 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, blank, 223, 224, 225
Day and Night behind Reindeer—Glories of the Aurora—Summer Wanderings of the Dolgans—The Wild Reindeer—Subjects of the “Great White Sun”—A Wandering Polish Noble—The most Northern Forest in the World—Arrival at Katangskoie
XIX. Among the Shamans - 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, blank, 233, 234, 235
The Sign of the Cross—Confession and Fox-skins—Entry into the Shaman Brotherhood—A Shaman Séance—Spirits of Ancestors—Shaman Deities—Erlik Khan—A Shaman Triennial Gathering—Samoyedes as Converts—The Good Samaritan of the Tundra
XX. Across the Taimyr Peninsula - 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, blank, 243, 244, 245, 246
We leave the Katanga—Our Winter Dress—Fatigues of Sledge Travelling—A Tungus Family—Across an Unknown Land—The Nosovaya Tundra—An Unexpected Forest—A Dolgan Deputation—Geographical Distribution of the Nomad Races—We Reach the Yenisei
XXI. Up the Yenisei - 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, blank, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, blank, 259, 260, 261
No News from Civilisation—We bid Adieu to Torgersen—Sledging up the Yenisei—Torosses—The Taiga once more—Turukansk—The Ostiak—“A Big Minister”—Society in Turukansk—Yeniseisk—Home
XXII. The Exile System - 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272
The Ukase of Abolition—Early History of the Exile System—An optimistic View—The “Cooking” of Official Documents—The Early Reformers—Statistics—An Unacknowledged Corvée—The Brodyagi—Cannibalism—Increase of Crime—Demoralisation of the Authorities
XXIII. The Trans-Siberian Railroad and Maritime Communication with Northern Siberia - 273, 274, 275, blank, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282
Raison d’être of the Railway—Its Uselessness for the Transport of Cereals—The Perm-Archangel Line—Price of Wheat on the Yenisei—The great Waterways of Siberia—Maritime Communication—Capt. Wiggins and the Yenisei Trade—The Difficulties in the Way—The Policy of the Closed Door—The best Ice-breaker
XXIV. Material and Spiritual Culture in Siberia - 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298
The America of the Old World—The Tercentenary of Siberia—Her Needs formulated—A System of reckless Plunder—Illiteracy of the Russian Conquerors—Persecutions of the Colonists—The “Gold-Barons” and “Vodka-Kings”—Stagnation of Industry—Education—Influence of the Swedish Prisoners of War—Pioneers of Culture in Siberia—Yadrintseff on the Future of the Country
Map of the authors route - map
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