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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... west coast of Spitsbergen , and others northeast Greenland , it is much more likely to have been Jan Mayen , which is about the right distance from Ice- land , and its high volcanic peak would be visible from a con- siderable distance ...
... west coast , the east coast remained unvisited until 1760-1762 , when a hunt- ing and exploring expedition led by Savva Loshkin cruised north from Kara Strait to spend two winters here , returning the third year along the west coast to ...
... west coast to a reasonable degree of accuracy before rounding Cape Nassau and wintering on the northeast coast at " Ice Haven . " By the first decades of the nineteenth cen- tury , despite this history of early exploration , the ...
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