| Description |
xix, 395 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-382) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: PART I -- GENERAL EXPLORATION: -- FROM THE CONCEPT OF ANTARCTICA -- TO THE ANTARCTICA TREATY -- 1 The Search for Terra Australis Incognita / 3 -- Magellan Drake de Gonneville -- Bouvet deKerguelen-Trbmarec Cook -- 2 In Search of Seals with Further Discoveries / 27 -- Smith Bransfield Palmer Bellingshausen -- 3 The End of an Era /49 -- Weddell Biscoe Balleny -- 4 The Search for the South Magnetic Pole / 63 -- d'Urville Wilkes Ross -- 5 Antarctic Whaling: Diminishing Returns / 109 -- Enderby Settlement Dundee Group Bull -- 6 Triumph and Tragedy: The South Pole Expeditions / 125 -- Scott/Discovery Shackleton/Nimrod -- Amundsen/Fram Scott/Terra Nova -- 7 The Making of a Treaty / 167 -- Byrd Ellsworth Fuchs and Hillary -- PART II -- REGIONAL EXPLORATION: -- FOUR ANTARCTIC REGIONS AND -- SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS -- 8 Antarctic Peninsula Exploration / 191 -- de Gerlache/Belgica Charcot Wilkins Ellsworth -- 9 Weddell Sea Exploration / 211 -- Nordenskjold Bruce Shackleton/Endurance -- 10 Ross Sea Exploration / 245 -- Borchgrevink David, Mawson, and Mackay -- Wilson, Bowers, and Cherry-Garrard Campbell -- Mackintosh, head of Shackleton 's Ross Sea Party -- 11 East Antarctica Exploration / 265 -- Drygalski Mawson -- 12 Exploring Selected Subantarctic Islands / 279 -- South Shetland Islands South Georgia Island Macquarie Island -- Auckland, Enderby, and Campbell Islands -- PART III -- EXPLORING ANTARCTICA'S -- GEOGRAPHY AND WILDLIFE -- 13 The Hub of Gondwana / 305 -- 14 Exploring Antarctica's Wildlife / 317. |
| Subject |
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
1556524285 |
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