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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... later . Eighty - four flights would be required to drop 760 tons of building materials and equipment . At McMurdo , Dufek was still reliant on the bay ice landing strip , which would probably begin to break up later in the year , so it ...
... later , having reached the northern tip of Axel Heiberg Island , Peary believed that he could see land in the far distance . This he named " Crocker Land " for George Crocker , one of the most generous members of the Peary Arctic Club ...
... later scientists , this scale remains in use more than sixty years later . With the war over , Siple was to participate in three more expeditions to Antarctica . As senior representative of the U.S. Army during Operation Highjump ( 1946 ...
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