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Mawson S Mission
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Author : Lora Marlene Mawson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2020-07-28
Mawson S Mission written by Lora Marlene Mawson and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-28 with Education categories.
Before 1968, women’s athletics in higher education meant playdays and sports days. That spring, when the Division of Girls and Women in Sports announced that national collegiate sports championships for women would begin in 1969, Marlene Mawson, a new hire on the physical education faculty at the University of Kansas, was charged with establishing a women’s athletics program. “I was on my own,” Mawson recalls, “because there was no precedent for creating a women’s athletics program with a meager budget.” That meant planning sports competition schedules, staffing coaches, organizing policies and procedures for coaches and athletes, coordinating practice schedules, budgeting, and directing the new KU intercollegiate sports program for women without intervention or guidance. In their first decade, KU women’s teams competed in national championships in volleyball, basketball, softball, and gymnastics. In this book, Mawson, who was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009, describes her remarkable career, from her early years in Missouri to her retirement. With behind-the-scenes views and insights that reflect a lifetime’s experience, her memoir weaves together the history of the development of women’s athletics at the University of Kansas and the story of the birth of women’s intercollegiate athletics across the United States—from the Olympic Development Committee to Title IX to the NCAA. It is an engaging account of groundbreaking personal achievement by a woman in the world of college sports, and a stirring record of an extraordinary but little-documented decade in the evolution of women’s athletics.
The Directory Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Siam Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines C
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
The Directory Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Siam Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines C written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with Asia categories.
With which are incorporated "The China directory" and "The Hongkong directory and Hong list for the Far East" ...
The Directory Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Sian Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines C
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
The Directory Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Sian Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines C written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Asia categories.
Mawson S Will
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Author : Lennard Bickel
language : en
Publisher: Steerforth
Release Date : 2011-08-30
Mawson S Will written by Lennard Bickel and has been published by Steerforth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The dramatic story of explorer Douglas Mawson and "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history" (Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer) For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; the loss of his companion, dogs, supplies, and even the skin on his hands and feet. But despite constant thirst, starvation, disease, and snow blindness—he survived. Sir Douglas Mawson is remembered as the young Australian who would not go to the South Pole with Robert Scott in 1911. Instead, he chose to lead his own expedition on the less glamorous mission of charting nearly 1,500 miles of Antarctic coastline and claiming its resources for the British Crown. His party of three set out through the mountains across glaciers in 60-mile-per-hour winds. Six weeks and 320 miles out, one man fell into a crevasse—along with the tent, most of the equipment, the dogs' food, and all except a week's supply of the men's provisions. Mawson's Will is the unforgettable story of one man's ingenious practicality, unbreakable spirit, and how he continued his meticulous scientific observations even in the face of death. When the expedition was over, Mawson had added more territory to the Antarctic map than anyone else of his time. Thanks to Bickel's moving account, Mawson can be remembered for the vision and dedication that make him one of the world's great explorers.
The Last Viking
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Author : Stephen R. Bown
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2012-09-25
The Last Viking written by Stephen R. Bown and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries--the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole--remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Féd in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer. Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen's life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story.
The Directory Chronicle Of China Japan Straits Settlements Malaya Borneo Siam The Philippines Korea Indo China Netherlands Indies Etc
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
The Directory Chronicle Of China Japan Straits Settlements Malaya Borneo Siam The Philippines Korea Indo China Netherlands Indies Etc written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with categories.
Nimrod
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Author : Beau Riffenburgh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Limited
Release Date : 2004
Nimrod written by Beau Riffenburgh and has been published by Bloomsbury Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
On New Year's Day 1908, the ship Nimrodset off for the mysterious regions of the Antarctic. The leader of the small expedition was Ernest Shackleton who, in the next year and a quarter would record some of the greatest achievements of his career and would then, together with his companions, return home as a hero. Shackleton and his party battled against extreme cold, hunger, danger and psychological trauma in their attempt to reach the South Pole and to return alive. They climbed the active volcano of Mount Erebus, planted the Union Jack at the previously unattained South Magnetic Pole, and struggled to within 97 miles of the South Geographic Pole. Beau Riffenburgh has written the definitive account of what Shackleton grandly called the British Antarctic Expedition. The story features an extraordinary cast of characters including Scott, Douglas Mawson, who would become one of the greatest Antarctic explorers, and the Antarctic pioneers Nansen and Amundsen. Nimrodis a story of an adventure which was a source of huge pride and fascination to both the leaders and subjects of the British Empire, and a journey almost too incredible even for Shackleton.
The Home Of The Blizzard Being The Story Of The Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 1914
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Author : Douglas Mawson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-01-08
The Home Of The Blizzard Being The Story Of The Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 1914 written by Douglas Mawson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mawson turned down an invitation to join Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition in 1910; Australian geologist Griffith Taylor went instead. Dawson chose to lead his own expedition, the Australian Antarctic Expedition, to King George V Land and Adelie Land, the sector of the Antarctic continent immediately south of Australia, which at the time was almost entirely unexplored. The objectives were to carry out geographical exploration and scientific studies, including visiting the South Magnetic Pole.
Exploring The Polar Regions
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Author : Harry S. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Exploring The Polar Regions written by Harry S. Anderson and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic books categories.
Starting with the final expedition of John Franklin, 19th-century England's most honored and respected Arctic explorer, the opening of the polar regions resulted in the establishment of the multitudes of research stations that produce observations, measurements, and data crucial to all areas of scientific inquiry. The first mariners to venture south signed on for voyages that lasted for years with no guarantee they would return. If they did come back from the frigid zones, it was with their health permanently damaged by bouts of scurvy and months of inadequate diet. Yet, there was never a shortage of eager, courageous men willing to replace the unfit. ""Exploring the Polar Regions, Revised Edition"" tells the story of polar exploration and the men who wittingly put themselves in danger to take on the unknown frozen straits. Coverage of this title includes: the mythical stories of a 'Great Southern Continent' and the numerous Spanish, French, and British explores who searched for it; a description of the race to the North Pole, including various explorers' theories on how to achieve this goal; Roald Amundsen's and Robert Scott's race to the South Pole in 1911 and 1912; how developments in equipment, machines, and communications changed exploration; and, Ernest Shackleton's epic voyage between 1914 and 1916 to Antarctica Aerial exploration of Antarctica.
Directory Of Protestant Missionaries In China Japan And Corea
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Directory Of Protestant Missionaries In China Japan And Corea written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Missions categories.