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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... continued into the early 1970s , when a similar major survey was begun of Enderby Land — again led by McKinnon . In 1982-1983 , the 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedi- tion established the summer station Soyuz in the mountains at 78 ° 48'S ...
... continued his studies among the Caribou Inuit and Chipewyan Indians . Bangsted stayed on to improve the archaeological and zoological collec- tions before leaving for Churchill on 28 December . Freuchen set out for North Greenland early ...
... continued north , they found conditions improving , and when they were lucky to strike a frozen lead heading directly toward the Pole , they made 15 miles in less than three hours . But with the approach of spring , tempera- tures were ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
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