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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... supplies it could itself carry . In the days before air supply , the one way this could be done was by laying depots from the far side of the continent . This , then , was the task of the Ross Sea party , which , from a base in McMurdo ...
... supplies to the limit and had 250 miles to travel with rations for just three days . Despite the darkness of the winter night , one depot after another was picked up , and on 16 December they reached Alabama . Five of Jørgensen's toes ...
... supplies at Holsteinborg to Gustav Holm , which was to take them north to Umanak . This early in the year , the ice was all but impenetrable , and it was not until 16 June that Wegener was able to land at Kamarujuk . He was now thirty ...
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