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the year the world discovered Antarctica

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1912

the year the world discovered Antarctica

Chronciles the 1912 expeditions to Antarctica, including those by Roald Amundsen, Wilhelm Filchner, and Douglas Mawson.

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Publisher
Counterpoint
Language
English
Pages
358

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Table of Contents

Looking Polewards : early ventures South
An audacious plan : Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
A new land : Robert Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913
Of reindeer, ponies, and automobiles : Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian bid for the South Pole, 1910-1912
The Dash Patrol : Nobu Shirase and the Japanese South Polar Expedition, 1910-1912
Locked in : Wilhelm Filchner and the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912
Ice-cold in Denison : Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1913
Martyrs to Gondwanaland : the cost of scientific exploration
Appendix. Lord Curzon's notes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-343) and index.

Published in
Berkeley, CA
Other Titles
Year the world discovered Antarctica, Nineteen twelve

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
919.89, 910.922
Library of Congress
G860 .T87 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
358 p.
Number of pages
358

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27141863M
Internet Archive
1912yearworlddis0000turn_i6z4
ISBN 10
1582437890
ISBN 13
9781582437897
OCLC/WorldCat
788236581

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