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John Robert Francis Wild, better known as Frank Wild is the relatively unknown giant of the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic Exploration.He played a significant role in several of the most important expeditions, being on board with Scott when theDiscoverysailed for McMurdo Sound in 1901 so heralding...
First person narratives and ephemera related to exploration of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. Special emphasis is placed on all listings in Michael Rosove's Antarctic Bibliography and encompassing publications from 1722 up to present day. Unique to Chet Ross Rare Books are books related to...
Antarctica and terrestrial analogs on other planets and moons.\nReaders will see an intimate side of Mount Erebus and Antarctica while surveying the region's history, exploration, geology, and volcanology, which includes research funded by the National Science Foundation's United States Antarctic ...
When Your Life Depends on It Extreme decision making lessons from the AntarcticBrad Borkan and David Hirzel Buy An interesting and unique book that takes six expeditions from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Scott, 1901-1904 and 1910-1913, Amundsen 1910-1912, Shackleton 1907-1909 and ...
The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration The Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), Britain’s first major Antarctic venture, achieved remarkable scientific and geographic milestones despite limited funding and inexperience. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it reached a new furthest... ...
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Antarctica is like a big treasure house, there are many amazing phenomena we do not have around the Antarctic, there are a lot of penguins: gentleman penguin, tie penguin, rockhopper penguin and so on. They often live together by the thousands, which is a beautiful sight. ...
内容简介· ··· With almost 300 maps, 767 books, and two dozen art works and artifacts, the Gerald F. Fitzgerald collection is a major assemblage of material on the discovery and exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. This catalog provides full descriptions of all the important...
Written by the Director of Exploration on the expeditions, ‘The Ship Beneath The Ice’ is the remarkable story of how, over a century after it disappeared under the Antarctic ice, Ernest Shackleton’s ship was discovered in 2022. Whilst detailing the extraordinary journey Shackleton and the Endu...