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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... four days later , one day ahead of Stenersen and Rotvold , who stayed behind to fabricate boots out of reindeer hide ... Four relief expeditions were organized once Ritscher's news reached Norway on 6 January 1913. Altogether eleven men ...
... four days by a blizzard , upsetting Scott's finely balanced calculations . Only on 9 December were they able to move south again . That night at " Shambles Camp , " the remaining five ponies were shot . Scott was now seriously behind ...
... four weeks of steaming . Since Sedov did not intend St. Foka to winter in the Arctic , this did not cause him great concern ; nor did the fact that he could afford only four- teen sets of winter clothing when there would be twenty ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
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