Antarctic Pioneer
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Antarctic Pioneer
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Author : Joanna Kafarowski
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2022-05-10
Antarctic Pioneer written by Joanna Kafarowski and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jackie Ronne reclaims her rightful place in polar history as the first American woman in Antarctica. Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. After marrying, they began planning the 1946–1948 Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. Her participation was not welcomed by the expedition team of red-blooded males eager to prove themselves in the frozen, hostile environment of Antarctica. On March 12, 1947, Jackie Ronne became the first American woman in Antarctica and, months later, one of the first women to overwinter there. The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition secured its place in Antarctic history, but its scientific contributions have been overshadowed by conflicts and the dangerous accidents that occurred. Jackie dedicated her life to Antarctica: she promoted the achievements of the expedition and was a pioneer in polar tourism and an early supporter of the Antarctic Treaty. In doing so, she helped shape the narrative of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.
Born Adventurer
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Author : Stephen Haddelsey
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2005-09-29
Born Adventurer written by Stephen Haddelsey and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Soldiers and sailors, geographers and geologists, submariners and balloonists all flocked to Antarctica during the 'Heroic Age' of Polar exploration. No one better represented this eclectic band than Frank Bickerton, engineer on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911–14. A true pioneer of Antarctic exploration, he piloted the expedition's 'air-tractor', established the first crucial wireless link between Antarctica and the rest of the world, and discovered one of the first meteorites ever to be found on the continent. Treasure-hunter, explorer, fighter pilot, entrepreneur, big-game hunter and movie-maker, Bickerton not only made a major contribution to the success of the AAE, but was also recruited by Ernest Shackleton for his ill-fated Endurance Expedition, dug for pirate gold on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, survived bloody dogfights over the Western Front during the First World War, and flirted with the glittering world of 1920s Hollywood. In Born Adventurer, historian Stephen Haddelsey draws on unique access to family papers, journals and letters to provide a thrilling account of Bickerton's rich and colourful life.
Quest For A Phantom Strait
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Author : David E. Yelverton
language : en
Publisher: Polar Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2004
Quest For A Phantom Strait written by David E. Yelverton and has been published by Polar Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica) categories.
Herbert Ponting
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Author : Anne Strathie
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-03-26
Herbert Ponting written by Anne Strathie and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-26 with History categories.
Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) was young bank clerk when he bought an early Kodak compact camera. By the early 1900s, he was living in California, working as a professional photographer, known for stereoview and enlarged images of America, Japan and the Russo-Japanese war. In 1909, back in Britain, Ponting was recruited by Captain Robert Scott as photographer and filmmaker for his second Antarctic expedition. In 1913, following the deaths of Scott and his South Pole party companions, Ponting's images of Antarctica were widely published, and he gave innovative 'cinema-lectures' on the expedition. When war broke out, Ponting's offers to serve as a photographer or correspondent were declined, but in 1918 he, Ernest Shackleton and other Antarctic veterans joined a government-backed Arctic expedition. During the economically depressed 1920s and 1930s, Ponting wrote his Antarctic memoir, re-worked his Antarctic films into silent and 'talkie' versions and worked on inventions. Like others, he struggled financially but was sustained by correspondence with photographic equipment magnate George Eastman, a late-life romance with singer Glae Carrodus and knowing that his images of Antarctica had secured his place in photographic and filmmaking history.
Griffith Taylor
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Author : Marie Sanderson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1988-03-15
Griffith Taylor written by Marie Sanderson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-03-15 with History categories.
Drawing upon an extensive collection of private papers, the author brings to life the colourful story of Taylor, Canada's premier geographer. He founded Canada's first Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, and Australia's first Geography Department at Sydney University. Taylor also had the distinction of being chief geologist on Scott's historic 1910-1912 Antarctic Expedition.
The Life Of Jos Mar A Sobral
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Author : Mary R. Tahan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-04
The Life Of Jos Mar A Sobral written by Mary R. Tahan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-04 with Science categories.
Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903. This biography highlights Sobral's personal thoughts on the mission, his position, the science being discovered, and the geopolitical situation around him. The reader also learns about the state of science, Antarctic exploration, and cultural-political-issues at that time. The author's critical and contextual analysis of the diary explains more about Sobral and his role in Argentina, Antarctica, science and history. This paints a detailed picture of Sobral as an individual, and provides the framework to depict the world in which Sobral lived and worked as well as his expedition and accomplishments. The book aims to explain the context of Sobral's writings, the significance of the events he described in his diary entries, and the way all of these events tied into history and scientific discovery.
Antarctic Pioneers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Antarctic Pioneers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Antarctica categories.
Blazing Ice
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Author : John H. Wright
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2012
Blazing Ice written by John H. Wright and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Antarctica like you've never seen it before
Robert Scott Antarctic Pioneer
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Author : William Bixby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Robert Scott Antarctic Pioneer written by William Bixby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Antarctica categories.
A biography stressing the Antarctic expeditions of the explorer who lost his life while returning as loser from the race to the South Pole.
The Life Of Jos Mar A Sobral
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Author : Mary R. Tahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Life Of Jos Mar A Sobral written by Mary R. Tahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Antarctica categories.
Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903. This biography highlights Sobral's personal thoughts on the mission, his position, the science being discovered, and the geopolitical situation around him. The reader also learns about the state of science, Antarctic exploration, and cultural-political-issues at that time. The author's critical and contextual analysis of the diary explains more about Sobral and his role in Argentina, Antarctica, science and history. This paints a detailed picture of Sobral as an individual, and provides the framework to depict the world in which Sobral lived and worked as well as his expedition and accomplishments. The book aims to explain the context of Sobral's writings, the significance of the events he described in his diary entries, and the way all of these events tied into history and scientific discovery.