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Antarctica : first hand accounts of exploration and endurance 🔍
Charles Neider, James Cook, Georg Forster, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, James Weddell, Charles Wilkes, Ross, James Clark Sir, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, Herbert George Ponting, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Paul Siple, Sir Edmund Hillary New York: Cooper Square Press, 1st Cooper Square Press ed, New York, New York State, 2000
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Bitter cold. Fast whipping winds. Blinding blizzards. That's the general weather forecast for the better part of Antarctica. The world's most southern point is nothing but a vast sheet of ice; yet, explorers are drawn to its barren beauty. Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance is a journey to the "highest, driest, windiest, coldest and most remote" of the seven continents.
Edited by Charles Neider, Antarctica is a fascinating collection of vivid tales from the journals of 14 explorers including James Cook, Robert F. Scott, and Richard E. Byrd. This anthology of first-hand accounts of the days and months of the great explorers, including those moments when the survival of the entire expedition was in doubt. With an average temperate of 57 below zero, these brave and articulate men weave tales of the harsh conditions and the amazing battles against Mother Nature. For example, Robert Falcon Scott would march/ski for twelve-hour stretches in the blinding snow across this ice continent. During one such outing, a blizzard engulfed the party, and a crewmember was lost. They found him a few miles back, stripped of clothing, and raving mad.
Available for the first time in paperback, Antarctica is a thrilling tribute to the limitless ambition and pioneering spirit of man.
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James Cook, Georg Forster, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, James Weddell, Charles Wilkes, Ross, James Clark Sir, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, Herbert George Ponting, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Paul Siple, Sir Edmund Hillary, Charles Neider
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Neider, Charles, 1915-
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Cooper Square Publishing, LLC
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1st Cooper Square Press ed, New York, N.Y, 2000, ©1972
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1st Cooper Square Press ed, New York, 2000, c1972
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United States, United States of America
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New Ed edition, March 2000
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"An unabridged republication of the edition originally titled Antarctica : authentic accounts of life and exploration... first published in New York in 1972, with the addition of a postscript to the introduction and two textual emendations"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical refernces (p. 459-460)
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In Search Of A Continent / James Cook -- The High Latitudes / George Forster -- Antarctic Seas / Thaddeus Bellingshausen -- Towards The Pole / James Weddell -- Antarctic Cruise / Charles Wilkes -- Farthest South / James Clark Ross -- At The Pole / Roald Amundsen -- The Last March / Robert Falcon Scott -- Boat Journey / Ernest Shackleton -- Great White South / Herbert G. Ponting -- The Worst Journey In The World / Apsley Cherry-garrard -- Alone / Richard E. Byrd -- Living At The Pole / Paul Siple -- Crevasses / Edmund Hillary. Edited By Charles Neider. First Published In In New York In 1972 [with The Subtitle Accounts Of Life And Exploration In The World's Highest, Driest, Windiest, Coldest And Remote Continent] , With The Addition Of A Postscript To The Introduction And Two Textual Emendations--t.p. Verso. An Unabridged Republication Of The Edition Originally Titled Antarctica : Authentic Accounts Of Life And Exploration ... First Published In New York In 1972, With The Addition Of A Postscript To The Introduction And Two Textual Emendations--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 459-460).
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460 p. ; 22 cm
In search of a continent / James Cook -- The high latitudes / George Forster -- Antarctic seas / Thaddeus Bellingshausen -- Towards the pole / James Weddell -- Antarctic cruise / Charles Wilkes -- Farthest south / James Clark Ross -- At the pole / Roald Amundsen -- The last march / Robert Falcon Scott -- Boat journey / Ernest Shackleton -- Great white south / Herbert G. Ponting -- The worst journey in the world / Apsley Cherry-Garrard -- Alone / Richard E. Byrd -- Living at the pole / Paul Siple -- Crevasses / Edmund Hillary
"An unabridged republication of the edition originally titled Antarctica : authentic accounts of life and exploration... first published in New York in 1972, with the addition of a postscript to the introduction and two textual emendations"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical refernces (p. 459-460)
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"One of the last remaining frontiers, there are few places as forbidding, or as intriguing, as Antarctica. This collection of self-contained excerpts from journals and memoirs chronicles the journeys of fourteen daring adventurers in the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and most remote of the seven continents. Blizzards, frostbite, snow blindness, scurvy, food shortages and shipwrecks were common occurrences. Faced with terrifying isolation and the world's harshest conditions, not everyone survived.
These harrowing firsthand narratives stand as tributes to the limitless ambition and pioneering spirit of man."--BOOK JACKET.
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A collection of accounts from the journals of 14 explorers, including James Cook, Roald Amundsen, Robert F. Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Richard E. Byrd and Edmund Hillary.
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2023-06-28
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