Beyond Cape Horn: Travels in the AntarcticWriter and Antarctic explorer Neider tells of his third trip to the frozen continent, describing the international stations there and the goals they are working toward. Neider also tours the Antarctic landscape, observing the geography and wildlife and evoking it in detail. Devoting scrutiny to the international treaties that protect the continent politically and environmentally, Neider reveals how important those treaties are. Also included in this work are interviews with Antarctic pioneers Sir Charles Wright, Sir Vivian Fuchs, and Laurence Gould. |
Contents
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Wright and Victoria Valleys | 65 |
Conversation with Sir Charles Wright | 77 |
Glimpses of My Life on the Barton Island | 92 |
The Southern Ocean One | 109 |
The Southern Ocean Two | 126 |
The Palmer Mystery and Argentine Islands | 215 |
A Talk with Sir Vivian Fuchs | 247 |
The Heros Cruise to the South Shetland Islands | 268 |
Conversation with Laurence McKinley Gould | 300 |
The Drake Passage and Tierra del Fuego | 328 |
The Antarctic Treaty | 349 |
The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 | 356 |
Glossary | 372 |
Palmer Station Anvers Island | 145 |
First Days with the British Antarctic Survey | 171 |
Glimpses of My Life on the Bransfield | 189 |
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