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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... organized by the Soviet Union . In February 1977 , Henryk Arctowski Station was opened at Point Thomas on Admiralty Bay , King George Island , by an expedition led by Stanislaw Rakusa - Suszczewski . Whereas a station in the Bunger ...
... organized to Antarctica until the Soviet era . Russia's strategic weakness in the Far East was fully exposed during the Russo - Japanese War ( 1904-1905 ) , leading to a renewed attempt to render the Northeast Passage navigable by means ...
... organized the last of its expeditions . Dutch whaling was initially shore - based and then , increasingly , was conducted on the high seas after whale populations were hunted out in the fjords and close inshore . Beginning in 1670 ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
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