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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day , Scott made Antarctica's first balloon ascent . Not having himself attended the training course in England , Scott nevertheless decided that as captain it was his duty to make the first ascent . This was not without its alarming ...
Scott's Western Party followed Armitage's route through the Transantarctic Mountains up the Ferrar Glacier . Ferrar's party separated to conduct geological studies , culminating in Scott's discovery of the Dry Valleys ( see Victoria ...
Scott hoped that most of the ponies would survive until the foot of the Beardmore Glacier , where they were to be killed ... Beardmore when they were held up for four days by a blizzard , upsetting Scott's finely balanced calculations .
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volum 1 William James Mills Utdragsvisning - 2003 |