Claiming The Ice
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Claiming The Ice
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Author : John Dudeney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-29
Claiming The Ice written by John Dudeney and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with History categories.
It is over a hundred years in Antarctic history since the British Government formalised its claim to the Falkland Islands Dependencies, and 75 years since continuous occupation began. This book explains why and how, using the voices of the Ministers, and more particularly their officials, who shaped government policy. Until now the unsung heroes of Britain’s long involvement in Antarctica, they collectively had a far greater impact than any of the famous Antarctic explorers of the last century. The book draws heavily upon documentation from The National Archives to chart the twists and turns of policy making for the first 50 years of the last century, showing how the priority shifted from a focus on sovereignty to the first glimmerings of internationalisation. It is a story of a great whaling industry, of territorial conflicts and tensions, and how science ultimately came to underpin Britain’s policy aims.
Flaws In The Ice
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Author : David Day
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-11-04
Flaws In The Ice written by David Day and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with History categories.
Douglas Mawson was determined to make his mark on Antarctica as no other explorer had done before him. What really happened on the ice has been buried for a century. Flaws in the Ice is the untold true story of Douglas Mawson’s 1911-1914 Antarctic Expedition, mistakenly hailed for a century as a courageous survival story from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Prize-winning historian David Day takes off on a five-week odyssey in search of the real Douglas Mawson, famed colleague and contemporary of Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott. Beginning his book on board an expedition ship bound for the Antarctic, Dr. Day asks the difficult questions that have hitherto lain buried about Mawson —, his leadership of the ill-fated Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, his conduct during the trek that led to the death of his two companions, and his intimate relationship with Scott’s widow. The author also explores the ways in which Mawson subsequently concealed his failures and deficiencies as an explorer, and created for himself a heroic image that has persisted for a century. To bolster his career and dig himself out of debt, Mawson would have to return from Antarctica with a stirring story of achievement calculated to capture public attention. South Pole expeditions, by-among others--Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen--were going on at same time With Amundsen having reached the South Pole-- and Scott having died on his return--Mawson would be forgotten if he did not return with an exciting story of achievement and adversity overcome. Mawson obliged, though the truth was something entirely different. For many decades, there has been only one published first-hand account of the expedition —Mawson’s. Only now have alternative accounts become publicly available. The most important of these is the long-suppressed diary of Mawson’s deputy, Cecil Madigan, who is scathing in his criticisms of Mawson’s abilities, achievements, and character that he instructed that his diary was not to be published until the last of Mawson’s children had died. At the same time, other accounts have appeared from leading members of the expedition that also challenge Mawson’s official story. While most historians ascribe the deaths of the two men to bad luck, the author’s re-examination of the existing evidence, and a reading of the new evidence, reveals that the deaths of two men on the expedition were caused by Mawson’s relative inexperience, overweening ambition, and poor decision-making. In fact, there’s some suggestion that Mawson was consciously responsible for one’s starvation so that Mawson himself could survive on the limited food rations. After the death of his companions, Mawson’s bungling of his return to the ship forced a team to remain for another full year during which he recovered his strength and began to craft an image of himself as a courageous and resourceful polar explorer. The British Empire needed heroes, and Mawson was determined to provide it with one. In this compelling and revealing new book, David Day draws upon all this new evidence, as well as on the vast research he undertook for his international history ofAntarctica, and on his own experience of sailing to the Antarctic coastline where Mawson’s reputation was first created. Flaws in the Ice will change perceptions of Douglas Mawson—one of the icons of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration— forever.
Ice And Refrigeration
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Ice And Refrigeration written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Cold storage categories.
Performing Ice
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Author : Carolyn Philpott
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-26
Performing Ice written by Carolyn Philpott and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-26 with Performing Arts categories.
In the Anthropocene, icy environments have taken on a new centrality and emotional valency. This book examines the diverse ways in which ice and humans have performed with and alongside each other over the last few centuries, so as to better understand our entangled futures. Icescapes – glaciers, bergs, floes, ice shelves – are places of paradox. Solid and weighty, they are nonetheless always on the move, unstable, untrustworthy, liable to collapse, overturn, or melt. Icescapes have featured – indeed, starred – in conventional theatrical performances since at least the eighteenth century. More recently, the performing arts – site-specific or otherwise – have provoked a different set of considerations of human interactions with these non-human objects, particularly as concerns over anthropogenic warming have mounted. The performances analysed in the book range from the theatrical to the everyday, from the historical to the contemporary, from low-latitude events in interior spaces to embodied encounters with the frozen environment.
Frozen Earth
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Author : Doug Macdougall
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-09-15
Frozen Earth written by Doug Macdougall and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-15 with Science categories.
In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation—nearly three billion years ago—to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great Pleistocene Ice Age has shaped the earth's landscape and influenced the course of human evolution, Frozen Earth also provides a fascinating look at how science is done, how the excitement of discovery drives scientists to explore and investigate, and how timing and chance play a part in the acceptance of new scientific ideas. Macdougall describes the awesome power of cataclysmic floods that marked the melting of the glaciers of the Pleistocene Ice Age. He probes the chilling evidence for "Snowball Earth," an episode far back in the earth's past that may have seen our planet encased in ice from pole to pole. He discusses the accumulating evidence from deep-sea sediment cores, as well as ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic, that suggests fast-changing ice age climates may have directly impacted the evolution of our species and the course of human migration and civilization. Frozen Earth also chronicles how the concept of the ice age has gripped the imagination of scientists for almost two centuries. It offers an absorbing consideration of how current studies of Pleistocene climate may help us understand earth's future climate changes, including the question of when the next glacial interval will occur.
Cases Decided In The Court Of Claims Of The United States At The With The Rules Of Practice And The Acts Of Congress Relating To The Court
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Author : United States. Court of Claims
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Cases Decided In The Court Of Claims Of The United States At The With The Rules Of Practice And The Acts Of Congress Relating To The Court written by United States. Court of Claims and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
Claiming The Ice Prince
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Author : Espen Arcadia
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-05-12
Claiming The Ice Prince written by Espen Arcadia and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-12 with categories.
Behind the mask of ice, there beats a heart of fire. In the frozen north lies a kingdom of bear shifters ruled by a wise and gentle queen. Next in line, Prince Siku chafes under his mother's rule while he dreams of the world outside the castle walls. When his mother announces he is to be wed, Siku flees the castle, determined to seek knowledge and new experiences. Within the first hour, he learns a few harsh realities about the outside world. Yet help arrives in the form of a tall, handsome thief by the name of Aputi. Ignorant to Siku's background, Aputi takes pity on the naïve man and takes him under his wing. Under the guidance of the conman with a heart of gold, Siku experiences the world of the common folk with open eyes. Along the way, Aputi becomes a friend, and lover. While the royal guard search for their missing prince, Siku finds himself falling head over heels for a common alpha. Together, they will be forced to face the reality of Siku's position as prince. Already promised to another, Siku will have to choose between his fiancé, and the man he loves. And if Aputi wants to keep Siku, he will have to risk everything.
A Farewell To Ice
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Author : P. Wadhams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
A Farewell To Ice written by P. Wadhams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Nature categories.
Ice, the magic crystal -- A brief history of ice on planet Earth -- The modern cycle of ice ages -- The greenhouse effect -- Sea ice meltback begins -- The future of Arctic sea ice the death spiral -- The accelerating effects of Arctic feedbacks -- Arctic methane, a catastrophe in the making -- Strange weather -- The secret life of chimneys -- What's happening to the Antarctic? -- The state of the planet -- A call to arms
Awards First Division National Railroad Adjustment Board
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Author : United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Awards First Division National Railroad Adjustment Board written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Arbitration, Industrial categories.
Breaking Ice
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Author : Arctic Institute of North America
language : en
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Release Date : 2005
Breaking Ice written by Arctic Institute of North America and has been published by University of Calgary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
"From the pressures of development, technological advances, globalization and climate change to social and cultural life, this book attempts to define the nature of competing demands and assess their impact on the environment. These essays provide a detailed examination of ocean and coastal management in the Canadian north, exploring a wide range of issues critical to environmental stewardship, and breaking the ice to connect academics, government managers, policy-makers, aboriginal groups and industry." --Book Jacket.