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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... ice sheet . Having trav- eled almost 100 miles and attained an elevation of 2,294 meters , they turned back on 19 July with food for just another six days . Although Peary had reached less far than two Saami on Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's ...
... ice sheet . Members of his expedition had also made the first measurements of ice thickness . What Wegener had begun , Victor now planned to continue in the most com- prehensive research program to date . In addition to meteoro- logical ...
A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes] William James Mills. Filchner - Ronne Ice Shelf . Deutschland was eventually released from the ice after drifting a considerable distance north and east . Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance was not as ...
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