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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a the Arctic Ocean were inspired by the hope that in the right year and the right place it might prove possible to penetrate the encircling pack to find open water close to the Pole . In 1527 , Robert Thorne , an English merchant based ...
Initially sailing west close to the southern coast of Devon Island , Parry saw a wide opening to the south on 6 August , whereupon he crossed the sound to discover Prince Regent Inlet , a broad channel ...
Sibiryakov's course close to the coast took it through the worst of the ice , whereas a plane would have shown that farther north , near Wrangell Island , conditions were considerably better . Slow progress was made with the aid of ...
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