Antarctica: Exploring the ExtremeChicago Review Press, 2001 - History The danger and excitement of Antarctic exploration from the earliest sea voyages through the 20th-century overland expeditions racing to the South Pole. |
Contents
1 The Search for Terra Australis Incognita | 3 |
2 In Search of Seals with Further Discoveries | 27 |
3 The End of an Era | 49 |
4 The Search for the South Magnetic Pole | 63 |
Diminishing Returns | 109 |
The South Pole Expeditions | 125 |
7 The Making of a Treaty | 167 |
PART I I | 189 |
12 Exploring Selected Subantarctic Islands | 279 |
P A R T I I I | 303 |
13 The Hub of Gondwana | 305 |
14 Exploring Antarcticas Wildlife | 317 |
Travel Resources | 367 |
Glossary | 371 |
Selected Bibliography | 375 |
| 383 | |
8 Antarctic Peninsula Exploration | 191 |
9 Weddell Sea Exploration | 211 |
10 Ross Sea Exploration | 245 |
11 East Antarctica Exploration | 265 |
Picture Credits | 396 |
Back Flap | 397 |
Back Cover | 398 |
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Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme : 400 Years of Adventure Marilyn J. Landis No preview available - 2001 |
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