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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... reached Turukhansk , the last set- tlement of any size before the Taymyr , where Middendorff spent four weeks completing his preparations and recruiting three cossacks before setting out again on 6 April , still along the Yenisey to ...
... reached by Karl Koldewey in 1870 and by Robert Peary in 1900. The expedi- tion was sponsored by the Danish government , the Carlsberg Fund , and by public subscription . Twenty - eight men were to participate , including Lieutenant Alf ...
... reached 87 ° 06'N , but on the basis of an analy- sis of inconsistencies between the published account and Peary's typescript diary , Wally Herbert ( 1989 ) doubts that he got so far , though accepting that he most probably did exceed ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
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