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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... July of the Norwegian vessel Laura just 15 miles farther south ; it sailed away again when there was no sign of them . This they discovered in the fall when they moved south to winter at Bass Rock in the huts built in 1901 for the ...
... July . Immediately north of the island , the ice proved just as impenetrable as farther west , though 80 ° 48'N was achieved on 27 July , a record farthest north by ship and surpassing the 80 ° 28'N reached by Vasiliy Chichagov in 1766 ...
... July . There , they built a stone igloo roofed by a canvas sheet on a knoll 240 meters above the penguin colony , some 4 miles away . Reach- ing the colony in the darkness across a zone of pressure ridges proved difficult , and on the ...
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