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Cox, Lynne, 1957-
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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Antarctica.
Explorers -- Norway -- Biography.
Explorers -- Polar regions -- Biography.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
South Pole -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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Cox, Lynne, 1957-
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Antarctica.
Explorers -- Norway -- Biography.
Explorers -- Polar regions -- Biography.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
South Pole -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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South with the sun : Roald Amundsen, his Polar explorations, and the quest for discovery / Lynne Cox.
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Cox, Lynne, 1957-
Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Call #:
919
.89
A529c
Subjects
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Antarctica.
Explorers -- Norway -- Biography.
Explorers -- Polar regions -- Biography.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
South Pole -- Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN:
9780307593405 (hc.)
0307593401 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 291 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"A Borzoi Book."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278) and index.
Contents:
Siberia and U-2 -- North -- Nansen returns -- Amundsen's inspiration -- Caves of death -- Belgica -- Leaving Norway -- Greenland shark -- Greenland east and west -- Ilulissat -- Coolest crossing -- Baffin Island -- King William Island -- Cambridge Bay --- South Pole -- The heroic dogs -- Darkness and light -- Flying boats -- Amundsen and Byrd -- Navigating -- Antarctic aviation -- Parallel planes -- Discovering greatness -- AGAP -- Map of the Antarctic.
Summary:
The author of Swimming to Antarctica gives us in this new work a full-scale account of Amundsen's life and expeditions. We see him journey toward the North Pole in Fridtjof Nansen's famous Fram, until word reached his expedition party of Robert Peary's successful arrival at the North Pole. Amundsen then set out on a secret expedition to the Antarctic, and we follow him through his heroic capture of the South Pole. The author makes clear why Amundsen succeeded in his quests where other adventurer-explorers failed, and how his methodical preparation and willingness to take calculated risks revealed both the spirit of the man and the way to complete one triumphant journey after another.
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