Exploring Polar Frontiers: M-ZCovers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource.
By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
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William Scoresby and Fitzroy next headed for Hope Bay , the preferred site for the main base on the Antarctic mainland . Although William Scoresby was able to make its way through the ice in Antarctic Sound to Hope Bay , Fitzroy was ...
This dashed Rae's hopes of discovering the Northwest Passage . The coast farther north having been surveyed by Ross , Rae returned to Fort Hope , where he arrived on 5 May . Delaying just eight days to make essential preparations ...
That expedition also carried out pioneering surveys in the Hope Bay area – Duse Bay being named for the expedition member Lieutenant Samuel A. Duse — and on the east coast , where Snow Hill , James Ross Island , and Vega Island were all ...
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