An empire of ice : Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science /
Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British r...
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| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2011.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=368185 |
جدول المحتويات:
- "Three cheers for the dogs"
- A compass pointing south
- The empire's mapmaker
- In Challenger's wake
- Taking the measure of men
- March to the penguins
- Discovering a continent's past
- The meaning of ice
- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.