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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... Fjord and reach Independence Fjord . After map- ping Academy Glacier and Navy Cliff , they turned back on 4 June . Summer was now sufficiently advanced for the ice to be breaking up in Danmark Fjord , and they were forced to camp on its ...
... Fjord to Heley Sound . After he made a brief visit to Bear Island , he made an unsuccessful attempt to enter Stor Fjord . There , the ice characteristically breaks up late , and with fog and calms also to contend with , Nordenskiöld ...
... Fjord before turning back at J. P. Koch Fjord , in the process resolving many issues that had been left unclear from his earlier surveys . The first expedition to winter in Peary Land was led by Eigil Knuth , who between 1947 and 1950 ...
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