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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... southern coast and Admiralty Inlet and Eclipse Sound . The first major journey of Rasmussen's Southern Party began on 24 March 1922 , when he set out for Chesterfield Inlet accompanied by Bangsted , Qavigârssuaq , and Arnarulúnguaq ...
... Southern Hemisphere . Thus the Arctic was the realm of " Arctos " where the constellation known as the Great Bear circled . The Antarctic , " Antarctos , " was its opposite . Greek and Roman concepts of the world's far southern regions ...
... Southern Hemisphere as depicted by Ortelius remained very much that taught and understood throughout the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century . In 1756 , Charles de Brosses brought together knowl- edge of these regions in ...
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