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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... took him just five days to cross through a belt of pack ice some 170 miles wide . The following season , he tried farther east along the 146 ° W meridian and was not to emerge on the other side until forty - seven days later , by which ...
... took Sibiryakov into the newly established docks of Tiksi , east of the Lena Delta , for recoaling . Hardly an ice floe was seen from there to the New Siberian Islands , where contact was made on 3 September with a convoy escorted by ...
... took place on 16 November with Eielson as pilot and Wilkins as passenger , making a wheeled takeoff from the short airstrip on the beach . The aim was to scout for a more suitable operating base farther south , but they were forced back ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
Fiala Anthony 18691950 222 | 395 |
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