Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. des. 2003 - 797 sider Covers 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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... Yakutsk he was expected to oversee all detachments operating out of there , including that of Pronchishchev . On 30 June 1735 , Pronchishchev set out with some fifty men and , most unusually , was accompanied by his wife , Tatyana , who ...
... Yakutsk requesting the appointment of a new doctor . He arrived back on 11 April , after making a detour to conduct a brief geological survey of Stolbovoy Island , which he had not visited during his previous expedi- tions . Three days ...
... Yakutsk and the Lena River— coming to grief in the ice that so often makes these waters . impassable ? National pride was at stake : while the Northeast Passage was separately explored almost in its entirety by a succession of Russian ...
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