This was at a time when survival techniques in Antarctica were being learned the hardest way, men went out and did things they thought best, sometimes had a thoroughly miserable, occasionally near-fatal time of it and then learned never to do it quite that way again. It gives a good ...
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica revisits the exploits of these different expeditions. Looking beyond the personalities and drawing on his own polar experience, Chris Turney shows how their discoveries marked the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. Aerial Exp...
the Endurance was crushed by ice leaving the crew marooned on shifting and eventually crumbling sea-ice leading to their self-rescue after a number of harrowing adventures. Anglo-Irish Shackleton also took part in three other expeditions to Antarctica in addition to this, two of which he organize...
Mysteries of construction like the ever-popular pyramids on two continents, the Easter Island statues and Stonehenge; the Nazca lines; the crystal skull; the Piri Reis Map; Antarctica, the Bible and Atlantis. I gobbled this stuff up, and have never lost my fascination for such matters, largel...
Information about past Antarctic expeditions and explorers. Online Maps and Geographical Information Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarcticahttp://lima.usgs.gov Interactive satellite image. USGS Interactive Antarctic Atlashttp://gisdata.usgs.gov/website/antarctic_research_atlas/ ...
It is rare to read something that so closely mixes science fiction with reality, but Space 2069 does just that. From the pen of former BBC science correspondent David Whitehouse, this book affords us an intelligent portrait of where we may be in the next half-century: from an Antarctica-li...
About the author A Singaporean by birth and global citizen by choice, I’m a serial expat and travel writer with over 15 years of writing experience. In my quest for adventure, I have swum in the cold waters of Antarctica, climbed an active volcano in Iceland, trekked with sherpas in.....
Palladium’s recent policy of not discussing plans until they are rock solid and releases are ready to go to the printer, prevents me from going into great detail, but Yin-Sloth Expeditions, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, and Rifts® Antarctica are must releases in the first half of 2024...
Unfortunately, most of these volumes never returned from the waters around Antarctica. When after an almost 10-month state of suspension the ice surrounding theEndurancebegan to shift and twist, splintering its hull, the crew was forced to abandon ship. Shackleton’s original plan was to march ...
UPDATE: Rifts® Antarctica, Fantasy, and other titles remain on the schedule. These are all titles that will push the envelope and challenge your imagination. And we have new ideas for these books and others thanks to comments from fans just like you....