Explorations Of Antarctica
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The Explorations Of Antarctica
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Author : Gordon Elliott Fogg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Explorations Of Antarctica written by Gordon Elliott Fogg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Antarctica categories.
The Seventh Continent
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Author : Helen S. Wright
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-04
The Seventh Continent written by Helen S. Wright and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-04 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Seventh Continent: A History of the Discovery and Explorations of Antarctica Vikings and the Britons have. Unfurled their sails on the high seas 'and proudly raised their standards in the most remote corners of the earth. Amundsen returning triumphant from the field of battle has' received the plaudits due the conqueror, while Scott, the heroic Britisher, who likewise stormed the Barrier, scaled the icy ramparts and reached the goal, lies with his companions Where the fight was won, wrapt in the death mantle of the eternal snows. Thus have culminated the great ambitions of two lives. Looking back in vista of the years, there have been others who have struggled no less valiantly or died with the same heroic courage and the Southern Cross has had its votaries, whose love of romance and adventure have led them into untold perils. The extraordinary impetus to Arctic and Antarctic exploration during the last ten years has resulted in the discovery within a very brief period of one another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Let Heroes Speak
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Author : Michael H. Rosove
language : en
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Release Date : 2002
Let Heroes Speak written by Michael H. Rosove and has been published by Berkley Trade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
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The Seventh Continent
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Author : Helen Saunders Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918
The Seventh Continent written by Helen Saunders Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with Antarctica categories.
Covers period 1500 to 1918.
Class And Colonialism In Antarctic Exploration 1750 1920
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Author : Ben Maddison
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-06
Class And Colonialism In Antarctic Exploration 1750 1920 written by Ben Maddison and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with History categories.
Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antarctic exploration can be seen as an offshoot of European colonialism.
Explorations Of Antarctica
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Author : G. E. Fogg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-09
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Antarctica
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Author : Paul Simpson-Housley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-03-11
Antarctica written by Paul Simpson-Housley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-11 with Science categories.
A scene so wildly and awfully desolate...it cannot fail to impress me with gloomy thoughts" - so Scott perceived the stark Antarctic landscape in 1905. Antarctica traces images of the continent from early invented maps of Terra Australis Incognita up to Amundsen's arrival at 90 degrees South. Approaching Antarctica from sea and then land, the book analyses the differing perceptions of beauty and terror experienced by explorers, the stories they brought back and the power of new images refashioned at home.
Chronological List Of Antarctic Expeditions And Related Historical Events
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Author : Robert Headland
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989
Chronological List Of Antarctic Expeditions And Related Historical Events written by Robert Headland and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
This book lists Antarctic expeditions and related historical events from 700 BC to the time of publication in 1989.
Antarctic Voyages
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Author : Ted Harvey
language : en
Publisher: AJS
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Antarctic Voyages written by Ted Harvey and has been published by AJS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, Explorers Two men are on a race to the edge of the world but only one would return. English naval officer Robert Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen are on a race to the South Pole, but Nature would aid only one and abandon the other to die in a frozen grave forever. With all other continents already conquered, there was but just one that was left untouched and this was reason enough to initiate a race to the bottom of the world. But this race to be the first man on the South Pole can have only one heroic winner. Two men, equally competent, fired by the passionate quest to reach the South Pole before any man would, but only one returns home to tell tales of endurance, resilience, survival, and success, the other lies buried under ice in a frozen grave to this day. What could have brought about this stark difference of fate? Where did one succeed and the other falter? Will Norway’s flag flutter triumphantly over the South Pole, or is it the British flag? Ernest Shackleton, Explorer It was an ominous day. We were reduced to helpless trespassers in a forbidding world. Nature with all her might seemed to make ribaldry of our fragile attempts at survival. There were times when we thought we saw God and Death, and some moments when we realized that both were the one and the same. Standing atop the drifting ice, it felt as though a giant was heaving in his deep slumber. The slightest stir would suffice to awaken the odious beast, the harbinger of our doom. It was on occasions like these that I felt a thousand words in the English vocabulary is not enough to express the overwhelming roller-coaster of emotions one experiences in an odyssey to the edge of the world. It was nothing short of a tryst with death and yet it is incredulous that in the tug of war with death, we, the puny human souls have managed to grab our lives from the very mighty jaws of death. The ocean was livid and her humongous waves that could rise to 50 feet height were crashing against our tiny lifeboat, determined to tear us apart. The heaven seemed to be in cahoots with her, it seemed to split into two. Her wrath was so fearsome and deadly, it seemed hell-bent to crush us like crushing ice with a gigantic hammer. Life, the game of all games was now proving to be a reckoning force; maybe it was because we were not just fighting for our lives alone, but for the lives of 22 fellow men stranded in the Elephant Island, that we just couldn’t be defeated. They would be counting on our arrival, for a semblance of hope that they can go back home, alive. When Ernest Shackleton, the great Anglo-Irish explorer embarked on Endurance in the year 1914 for a historic expedition to cross the Antarctic, he didn’t know he was walking into the pages of history for reasons that he was unprepared for. This book on Antarctica expeditions narrates the best survival stories of polar expeditions. In the realm of Antarctic expeditions, the three names that are written in letters of fire are that of the great explorer Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and the one and only Ernest Shackleton. Insurmountable fear, the great possibility of death, unbearable starvation, relentless uncertainties, debilitating seasickness, umpteen failures, and inexplicable sacrifice, all for an iota of joy and triumph at the end of a grueling journey to the edge of the world. This is what these young men signed up for before embarking on a treacherous journey to the world’s driest, coldest, windiest regions on the earth.
The Daily Journal Of An Antarctic Explorer 1956 1958
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Author : Guyon Warren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Daily Journal Of An Antarctic Explorer 1956 1958 written by Guyon Warren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Antarctica categories.
Guyon Warren was one of a small group of men who spent 15 consecutive months in the Antarctic in the late 1950s. He helped establish Scott Base, right from the construction of the first hut. However, it is with his explorations out on the ice that he made his greatest contribution. Learning about the experiences he had makes for fascinating reading. Warren has chronicled a unique script. In it he rewards you with insights into the day-to-day conditions experienced by himself and his colleagues in the Antarctic. He is candid, revealing and honest in his thoughts and impressions. In the late 1950s Antarctica was the scene of intense activity. Fuchs planned to lead an expedition to cross the icy continent via the South Pole. He was to be met partway by a support team led by Sir Edmund Hillary. Thus the Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957-58 was born. The International Geophysical Year coincided with the timing of this trans-polar crossing. As a part of this, New Zealand set about establishing a scientific station in Antarctica. Warren was a member of Sir Edmund Hillary's Ross Sea Party and a geologist. While on the ice he completed pioneering geological and topographical explorations over a huge area.