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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... flight , a brief venture toward Franz Josef Land , which was curtailed when the weather turned bad . For several days snow fell heavily , piling up on Italia as it lay partially shel- tered in an open - top hangar . Not until 15 May ...
... flight crew consisted of pilot James C. McCoy , copilot and radio operator Walter R. Giles , with Orville Gray as plane captain . Siple was to partici- pate in all major flights as navigator , as would photographer Charles C. Shirley ...
... flight to the northwest , Wilkins and Eielson took off on 29 March , aiming to fly to 80 ° N , 180 ° E and W to examine the sector bound on the east by the flight of Norge and to the west by the drift of Jeannette ( see De Long , George ) ...
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