Antarctic Year
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1912 The Year The World Discovered Antarctica
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Author : Chris Turney
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-06
1912 The Year The World Discovered Antarctica written by Chris Turney and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with History categories.
1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and 1914 five teams of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race of the era, to travel beyond the edges of the known world and conquer this last great frontier. Pitted against each other were Captain Robert Falcon Scott for Britain, Roald Amundsen for Norway, Sir Douglas Mawson for Australasia, Wilhelm Filchner for Germany and Nobu Shirase for Japan. 'Conquest of the South Pole!' trumpeted the world's newspapers in March 1912. Amundsen had won. But behind all the headlines, there was a much bigger story. The exploits of these larger-than-life explorers, often narrated in their own words, thrilled and enthralled the world; the limits of our planet were pushed all the way to the South Pole and the door to Antarctica flung wide open. Drawing on his own polar experiences, Chris Turney reveals why 1912 witnessed the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. The tales of endurance, self-sacrifice and technological innovation that marked 1912 laid the foundation for modern scientific exploration and have continued to inspire future generations. 1912 is an awe-inspiring journey - part nail-biting adventure, part scientific history - through an ancient and fascinating land.
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Release Date : 1956
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year written by and has been published by American Geophysical Union this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with categories.
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year
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Author : American Geophysical Union
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year written by American Geophysical Union and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Antarctica categories.
Includes papers on geographic, meteorological, geological, and structural aspects of Antarctica. Also includes discussions on the upper atmospheric physics and the flora and fauna of Antarctica.
Fifteen Million Years In Antarctica
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Author : Rebecca Priestley
language : en
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-24
Fifteen Million Years In Antarctica written by Rebecca Priestley and has been published by Victoria University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rebecca Priestley longs to be in Antarctica. But it is also the last place on Earth she wants to go.In 2011 Priestley visits the wide white continent for the first time, on a trip that coincides with the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott's fateful trek to the South Pole. For Priestley, 2011 is the fulfilment of a dream that took root in a childhood full of books, art and science and grew stronger during her time as a geology student in the 1980s. She is to travel south twice more, spending time with Antarctic scientists &– including paleo-climatologists, biologists, geologists, glaciologists &– exploring the landscape, marvelling at wildlife from orca to tardigrades, and occasionally getting very cold.A constant companion for Priestley is her anxiety &– both the kind that is brought on by flying to the bottom of the world in a military aeroplane; and the kind that clouds our thoughts of how our world will be for our children. Writing against the backdrop of Trump's America, extreme weather events, and scientists' projections for Earth's climate, she grapples with the truths we need to tell ourselves as we stand on a tightrope between hope for the planet, and catastrophic change.Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica offers a deeply personal tour of a place in which a person can feel like an outsider in more ways than one. With generosity and candour, Priestley reflects on what Antarctica can tell us about Earth's future and asks: do people even belong in this fragile, otherworldly place?
Deep Freeze
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Author : Dian Olson Belanger
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2019-04-01
Deep Freeze written by Dian Olson Belanger and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with History categories.
“A comprehensive and lively book about the people and events that transformed Antarctica into an international laboratory for science.”—Raimund E. Goerler, Chief Archivist/Byrd Polar Research Center of The Ohio State University In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of science, decades after the first explorers planted flags in the ice. In the tense 1950s, even as the world was locked in the Cold War, U.S. scientists, maintained by the Navy’s Operation Deep Freeze, came together in Antarctica with counterparts from eleven other countries to participate in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). On July 1, 1957, they began systematic, simultaneous scientific observations of the south-polar ice and atmosphere. Their collaborative success over eighteen months inspired the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, which formalized their peaceful pursuit of scientific knowledge. Still building on the achievements of the individuals and distrustful nations thrown together by the IGY from mutually wary military, scientific, and political cultures, science prospers today and peace endures. Belanger draws from interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official records to weave together the first thorough study of the dawn of Antarctica’s scientific age. Deep Freeze offers absorbing reading for those who have ventured onto Antarctic ice and those who dream of it, as well as historians, scientists, and policy makers. “[A] highly informative and readable narrative account of perhaps the single most striking international scientific endeavor of the twentieth century.” —The Polar Record “Deep Freeze, based on countless interviews and painstaking research, is a timely and gripping account.” —John C. Behrendt, author of Innocents on the Ice
Mapping Antarctica
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Author : Robert Clancy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-12-02
Mapping Antarctica written by Robert Clancy and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-02 with Nature categories.
Everyone likes maps and maps are always used to illustrate the many books on the Antarctic. Here the focus is reversed with contemporary maps telling the story – one that should be attractive to the widest audience as it is a unique approach complimenting what has gone before and providing something different for all interested in Antarctica.
Blizzards And Broken Grousers
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Author : Les R. Denham
language : en
Publisher: SEG Books
Release Date : 2020-09-30
Blizzards And Broken Grousers written by Les R. Denham and has been published by SEG Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-30 with Science categories.
Depicting the pioneering spirit of geophysics, this memoir recounts Antarctic field operations in 1970–71 acquiring ice thickness data with radar, gravity, and magnetometer measurements. The data collected now underpin models of ice behavior used to assess climate change.
Antarctic Year
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Author : Chris Furse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Antarctic Year written by Chris Furse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Nature categories.
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year
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Author : American Geophysical Union
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Antarctica In The International Geophysical Year written by American Geophysical Union and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Ice Beneath My Feet
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Author : Diana Patterson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Ice Beneath My Feet written by Diana Patterson and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A riveting true adventure of a year in Antarctica, from the first woman to lead an Antarctic research station. Antarctica is windy and achingly cold, incredibly isolated and inhospitable - yet its overwhelming stark white beauty speaks to our imagination. Bright and passionate, Diana Patterson was searching for her path in life when she was bitten by the Antarctic bug in her late twenties. She nursed her secret ambition and with dogged determination set her sights on becoming station leader at the Australian base Mawson-a lofty aspiration, considering this was most definitely a bloke's world. Being knocked back four times didn't deter her-she never gave up her dream, and at the age of 38 became the first woman in charge of this small, mostly male community of glaciologists, physicists, biologists and tradies, in each other's pockets 24/7, thousands of miles from the comforts of home.tHE ICE BENEAtH MY FEEt is an intimate and riveting account of Diana's year at Mawson. the day-to-day reality of life in this frozen environment and the adventures of the delightful, vital characters we meet along the way (men, huskies, penguins!) are utterly captivating, and a must-read for anyone who harbours their own Antarctic dream.