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Antarctic Destinies
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Author : Stephanie L. Barczewski
language : en
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Release Date : 2007
Antarctic Destinies written by Stephanie L. Barczewski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Antarctica categories.
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Author : Stephanie Barczewski
language : en
Publisher: Continuum
Release Date : 2009-06-09
Antarctic Destinies written by Stephanie Barczewski and has been published by Continuum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-09 with History categories.
This book covers the two most famous expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16. For decades after his tragic death on the return journey from the South Pole, to which he had been beaten by five weeks by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott was regarded as a saint-like figure with an unassailable reputation born from his heroic martyrdom in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic. In recent years, however, Scott has attracted some of the most intense criticism any explorer has ever received. Shackleton's reputation, meanwhile, has followed a reverse trajectory. Although his achievements were always appreciated, they were never celebrated with nearly the same degree of adulation that traditionally surrounded Scott. Today, Scott and Shackleton occupy very different places in the polar pantheon of British heroes. Stephanie Barczewski explores the evolution of their reputations, and finds it has little to do with new discoveries regarding their lives and characters, but far more to do with broader cultural changes and changes in conceptions of heroism in Britain and the United States.
Antarctic Destinies
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Author : Stephanie L. Barczewski
language : en
Publisher: Continuum
Release Date : 2007
Antarctic Destinies written by Stephanie L. Barczewski and has been published by Continuum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Focusing on the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, this book looks at some of their most heroic expeditions, examining how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century.
Antarctica My Destiny
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Author : Finn Ronne
language : en
Publisher: Hastings House Book Publishers
Release Date : 1979
Antarctica My Destiny written by Finn Ronne and has been published by Hastings House Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Autobiography recording almost 50 years of adventure in the Antarctic.
Antarctica My Destiny
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Author : Finn Ronne (Geographer, Polar explorer, United States)
language : en
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Release Date : 1979
Antarctica My Destiny written by Finn Ronne (Geographer, Polar explorer, United States) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Brand Antarctica
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Author : Hanne Elliot Fønss Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-12
Brand Antarctica written by Hanne Elliot Fønss Nielsen and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Brand Antarctica analyses advertisements and related cultural products to identify common framings that have emerged in representations of Antarctica from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Antarctica
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Author : Jean de Pomereu
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Antarctica written by Jean de Pomereu and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with History categories.
This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections around the world. Retracing the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections across the world, this beautiful and absorbing book is published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the first crossing into the Antarctic Circle by James Cook aboard Resolution, on 17th January 1773. It presents a gloriously visual history of Antarctica, from Terra Incognita to the legendary expeditions of Shackleton and Scott, to the frontline of climate change. One of the wildest and most beautiful places on the planet, Antarctica has no indigenous population or proprietor. Its awe-inspiring landscapes – unknown until just two centuries ago – have been the backdrop to feats of human endurance and tragedy, scientific discovery, and environmental research. Sourced from polar institutions and collections around the world, the objects that tell the story of this remarkable continent range from the iconic to the exotic, from the refreshingly mundane to the indispensable: - snow goggles adopted from Inuit technology by Amundsen - the lifeboat used by Shackleton and his crew - a bust of Lenin installed by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition - the Polar Star aircraft used in the first trans-Antarctic flight - a sealing club made from the penis bone of an elephant seal - the frozen beard as a symbol of Antarctic heroism and masculinity - ice cores containing up to 800,000 years of climate history This stunning book is both endlessly fascinating and a powerful demonstration of the extent to which Antarctic history is human history, and human future too.
Handbook On The Politics Of Antarctica
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Author : Klaus Dodds
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2017-01-27
Handbook On The Politics Of Antarctica written by Klaus Dodds and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-27 with categories.
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean are hotspots for contemporary endeavours to oversee 'the last frontier' of the Earth. The Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive overview of the governance, geopolitics, international law, cultural studies and history of the region. Four thematic sections take readers from the earliest human encounters to contemporary resource exploitation and climate change. Written by leading experts, the Handbook brings together the very best interdisciplinary social science and humanities scholarship on the Antarctic and Southern Ocean.
An Empire Of Ice
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Author : Edward J. Larson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-31
An Empire Of Ice written by Edward J. Larson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-31 with History categories.
Examines the pioneering Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century within the context of a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context.
Scott Of The Antarctic
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Author : Sue Blackhall
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-04-19
Scott Of The Antarctic written by Sue Blackhall and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fascinating biography of the British explorer whose legendary expedition to the South Pole was shrouded in controversy and tragedy. Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868-29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold. Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in peacetime Victorian Britain. It was the chance for personal distinction that led Scott to apply for the Discovery command, rather than any predilection for polar exploration. However, having taken this step, his name became inseparably associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final twelve years of his life. Following the news of his death, Scott became an iconic British hero, a status maintained and reflected today by the many permanent memorials erected across the nation. Sue Blackhall reassesses the causes of the disaster that ended his and his comrades’ lives, and the extent of Scott’s personal culpability. From a previously unassailable position, Scott has become a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character. However, more recent research has on the whole regarded Scott more positively, emphasizing his personal bravery and stoicism while acknowledging his errors, but ascribing his expedition’s fate primarily to misfortune.
