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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... East Base . Commanded by Richard Black , East Base was occupied from 11 March 1940 to 22 March 1941 ( see Black's entry for a detailed account of its activities ) . Stonington possessed great advantages as a site from which to explore ...
... east towards Cathay and China . London : Hakluyt Society , p . 180 ) O. east to form an elongated band stretching as far as the Chukotka Peninsula . This view was put forward to explain the many sightings of land off the coast of Arctic ...
... east coast of the Russian Arctic archi- pelago of Novaya Zemlya- " New Land " —meant that it was almost inaccessible to sailing vessels . Not until the 1830s were substantial sections of it charted during two expeditions led by the ...
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