Author : Peter Lerangis
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439163873
In 1909, a secret group of American explorers, including the leader's teenage son and stepson, and their sponsor's nephew, must concede defeat and give up their dreams of reaching the South Pole, yet going back to civilization isn't nearly as easy as they thought it would be and so each passing day becomes a battle for survival against the elements.
Author : Roland Huntford
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,5 MB
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1441169822
Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9780439220033
Walter Dean Myers presents a thrilling record of Antarctica and the expedition parties that have uncovered the frozen continent throughout history. Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the South Pole to life in Antarctica, tracking the explorers of the South Pole - including James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Evelyn Bird - and the dangers they encountered there, as well as their contributions to science. The heroism and adventure - and sometimes the ultimate failure - of the expeditions are depicted in Myers's powerful prose, and through the photos, maps, and illustrations that complement the text.
Author : Nancy Loewen
Publisher : Shoe String Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 9780208025180
This is the true story of the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition known as AWE, told through diary excerpts, dispatches, letters, and narrative.
Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1442241713
American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 3861952564
Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.
Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9788854402171
Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert Scott. Amundsen organized his gripping account using what is referred to in the film industry as the zooming technique. It starts in the past, examining the history of Antarctic exploration in different eras, and then moves ahead to describe how his own expedition was created, its organization, the slow stages involved in preparing for departure and, finally, the heart-stopping excitement of the race to the South Pole. Supplementing the vivid first-person text are black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the actual expedition, and color photographs depicting the landscape of Antarctica.
Author : Christine Dell'Amore
Publisher : Exclusive Selection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614280118
Although it's a piece of history learned by every British student, the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains an epic story unknown to many. In this ultimate showing of life and boundless bravery, Robert F. Scott and his five-man team battled the elements--traveling through subzero temperatures with motor sledges and ponies--in the hope of being the first to reach this uninhabited territory. Arriving at the South Pole on January 18, 1913, the adventurers were greeted by their worst nightmare: a Norwegian flag. Disheartened and badly frostbitten, they trudged back toward their boat, only to die just eleven miles from the next depot. This well-documented journey is starkly relived in this waterproof, over-sized edition featuring a historic collection of stunning black-and-white photography on waterproof paper, and excerpts from Scott's harrowing diary uniquely crafted in calligraphy. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies
Author : Susan Solomon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 2002-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300099218
Details the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott and his British team to the South Pole in 1912.
Author : Ashley Shelby
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2024-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1452972206
A New York TimesBook Review Editors’ Choice A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year Hudson Booksellers Book of the Year One of the New York Post’s Best Books of the Summer One of The Millions’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year IndieNext Pick A Time Magazine “What to Read Now” Selection A wry novel set at the edge of the earth about the courage it takes to band together, even as everything around you falls apart Unmoored by a recent family tragedy, Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty and on the verge of ruining her career. So when the opportunity arises to join the National Science Foundation’s Artists & Writers Program in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance—and finds herself in the company of others who are just abnormal enough for Polar life, a group of eccentrics motivated by desires as ambiguous as her own. When they are joined by a fringe scientist who claims climate change is a hoax, the Polies’ already-imbalanced community is rattled, bringing them to the center of a global controversy and threatening the ancient ice chip they call home.
