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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... Parry set out across Melville Island on 1 June 1820 with a twelve - man party pulling a handcart . After exploring the southern shore of Hecla and Griper Bay , he had returned by 15 June to devote himself to freeing his vessels . Not ...
... Parry set out for home to reach London in October . Again , Parry returned to the nation's plaudits . True , he had not reached Bering Strait , but he had charted an extensive area of previously unknown land , and there was particular ...
... Parry found a confused mass of ice floes much dis- sected by narrow leads . No sooner were the sledge - boats hauled out of the water onto the ice than they had to be launched again across the next lead . Conditions for travel could ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
Fiala Anthony 18691950 222 | 395 |
Malygin Stepan d 1764 | 399 |
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