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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... navigation . In 1766 , the hunter Yakov Chiratkin sailed through Matochkin Strait from west to east . This is the first docu- mented transit , though probably not the first by a hunter . Sent to investigate Chiratkin's report , the ...
... navigation . This is a highly technical subject , and whereas some ( e.g. , Thomas Davies 1989 and William Molett 1996 ) argue that his methods were adequate to locate the Pole , others ( e.g. , Dennis Rawlins 1973 and Wally Herbert ...
... Navigation Society . Davis , C. H. , ed . 1876. Narrative of the North Polar expedi- tion , U.S. ship Polaris , Captain Francis Hall commanding . Washington , DC : Government Printing Office . Davis , J. K. 1962. High latitude ...
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