The South Polar Times
Author : Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
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Category : Antarctica
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Author : Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
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Category : Antarctica
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Author : Christine Dell'Amore
Publisher : Exclusive Selection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,69 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 : Anthony Brandt
Publisher : National Geographic
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Antarctica
ISBN :
The words of the great explorers of Antarctica--James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd--are gathered together in this gripping narrative history of the race to reach the South Pole.
Author : Edward J. Larson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0300159765
A Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines South Pole expeditions, “wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged” (Booklist). An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration—placing the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Recounting the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century, the author reveals the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow. By focusing on the larger purpose of these legendary adventures, Edward J. Larson deepens our appreciation of the explorers’ achievements, shares little-known stories, and shows what the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery was really about. “Rather than recounting the story of the race to the pole chronologically, Larson concentrates on various scientific disciplines (like meteorology, glaciology and paleontology) and elucidates the advances made by the polar explorers . . . Covers a lot of ground—science, politics, history, adventure.” —The New York Times Book Review
Author : Susan Solomon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 10,83 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 : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 3861952564
Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.
Author : Roland Huntford
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1441169822
Author : Kate Messner
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545639271
In this middle grade historical adventure, a dog travels through time to take part in a voyage from New Zealand to the South Pole. Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, joins an early twentieth-century expedition journeying from New Zealand to Antarctica. He befriends Jack Nin, the stowaway turned cabin boy of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ship. They’re racing against a rival explorer to reach the South Pole, but with unstable ice, killer whales, and raging blizzards, the journey turns into a race against time . . . and a struggle to stay alive. Praise for the first book in the Ranger in Time series: “This excellent story contains historical details, full-page illustrations, and enough action to keep even reluctant readers engaged.” —School Library Journal “The third-person narration expertly balances Ranger’s thoughts between the appropriately doglike (squirrels! bacon!) and the heroic (Ranger’s drive to find and protect).” —Kirkus Reviews “McMorris’s richly rendered illustrations heighten the plot’s many moments of danger and drama, and Messner incorporates a wealth of historical details into her rousing adventure story.” —Publishers Weekly
Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,78 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 : Ashley Shelby
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 37,82 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.