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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... soon after Falcon's departure on 20 August , though bad weather and an outbreak of food poi- soning meant that no depot was more than 30 miles distant when this work was abandoned on 9 November . On 12 Sep- tember , Josephine gave birth ...
... soon to be airlifted out to join them was Corporal Jack Austad of the Royal Canadian Air Force , a senior survival and rescue instructor with eight years ' Arctic experience . Eureka was 600 nautical miles from the Pole , and Plaisted's ...
... Soon afterward he came across several whal- ing vessels , which he joined to sail up the eastern side of Davis Strait until Vaigat , the strait north of Disko Island , where the main whaling fleet of forty - five ships was encountered ...
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