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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... miles in total , the longest journey being McClintock's 891 statute miles in eighty - one days . These distances were greatly exceeded on Belcher's expedition , particularly by members of Henry Kellett's Melville Island division , who ...
... miles from the huts . There , at the point of departure for all planned sledging journeys , a supply depot was established . During a temporary lull in the strong winds , three parties departed in September , one reaching 50 miles from ...
... miles per hour on land and 4 knots with a favorable wind at sea . Thus , the land league was 3 miles and the sea league 4 miles . Lee - shore . A shore toward which the wind generally blows . Such shores present a particular danger to ...
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