Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11.12.2003 - 797 sivua Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
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... Cape Bismarck and Cape Wyckoff , reached by Karl Koldewey in 1870 and by Robert Peary in 1900. The expedi- tion was sponsored by the Danish government , the Carlsberg Fund , and by public subscription . Twenty - eight men were to ...
... Cape Flora , where he planned to leave them , to be picked up by the supply ship Frithjof . Unfortunately , Frithjof was unable to reach Franz Josef Land , and as a result twenty - five men were forced to winter in Jackson's log cabin ...
... Cape Chelyuskin . The next year , a hut was found 40 miles to the west on the estuary of the River Simsa . The two finds were clearly of the same date and resulted from the same incident , though it remained unclear whether the hut had ...
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