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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Table 16 Northeast Passage : Western European Voyages , 1553-1676 Date Explorer Route 1553-1554 Willoughby Barents Sea to Novaya Zemlya 1553-1554 Chancellor Barents and White seas 1556–1557 Borough Novaya Zemlya and Vaygach Island ...
Norwegian hunters began visiting Novaya Zemlya from 1869 onward . The walrus population of Svalbard was declining , and Erling Carlsen and Edvard Johanessen were persuaded to come here instead . Johanessen circumnavigated the island the ...
Pakhtusov , Petr ( 1800—1835 ) Ice conditions off the east coast of the Russian Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya— “ New Land ” —meant that it was almost inaccessible to sailing vessels . Not until the 1830s were substantial sections ...
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