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Day, David, 1949-
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- History.
Antarctica -- Environmental conditions.
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Day, David, 1949-
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- History.
Antarctica -- Environmental conditions.
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Antarctica : a biography /
David
Day
.
by
Day
,
David
,
1949-
Oxford University Press, c2013.
Call #:
919.89 D273a
Subjects
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- History.
Antarctica -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN:
9780199861453 (hc.)
0199861455 (hc.)
Description:
ix, 614 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-593) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- 1770s -- 1780-1820 -- 1821-1838 -- 1839-1843 -- 1843-1895 -- 1895-1906 -- 1907-1912 -- 1912-1918 -- 1919-1926 -- 1926-1928 -- 1929-1930 -- 1931-1933 -- 1934-1936 -- 1937-1938 -- 1939-1941 -- 1941-1945 -- 1945-1947 -- 1948-1951 -- 1952-1956 -- 1957-1960 -- 1961-2012 -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"A sweeping, large-scale history of Antarctica. Focusing on the dynamic personalities drawn to this unconquered land, the book offers an engaging collective biography of explorers and scientists battling the elements in the most hostile place on earth. We see intrepid sea captains picking their way past icebergs and pushing to the edge of the shifting pack ice, sanguinary sealers and whalers, famed nineteenth-century explorers like Scott and Amundson in their highly publicized race to the South Pole, and aviators like Clarence Ellsworth and Richard Byrd, flying over great stretches of undiscovered land. Yet Antarctica is also the story of nations seeking to incorporate the Antarctic into their national narratives and to claim its frozen wastes as their own. As
Day
shows, in a place as remote as Antarctica, claiming land was not just about seeing a place for the first time, or raising a flag over it; it was about mapping and naming and, more generally, knowing its geographic and natural features. Tracing history from the first sighting of land up to the present
day
, Antarctica is a fascinating exploration of this deeply alluring land and man's struggle to claim it"--Provided by publisher.
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