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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The entrance to the sea was reached on 16 August , but at 73 ° 14'N he found himself surrounded by ice with no option but to turn back to winter on the Kureyka River , an eastern tributary of the Yenisey . The following year , his start ...
In August 1858 , Leopold McClintock attempted to sail through the sound but penetrated only 25 miles before being forced to turn back by ice stretching from shore to shore . He described it as much decayed and of one year's growth only ...
With little further apparently to discover , Ronne decided to turn at 77 ° 30'S , 72 ° W , where the American flag was dropped , before heading back along his course to within 30 miles of Mount Austin , where he now turned to the ...
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volum 1 William James Mills Utdragsvisning - 2003 |