Edge Of The World Ross Island Antarctica

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Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461724600
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edge of the World written by and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and explorer Charles Neider made his first trip to Antarctica in 1969, achieving a lifelong goal of seeing the frozen continent with his own eyes. During this visit and a return trip in 1970, both backed by the U. S. Navy and the National Science Foundation, Neider discovered the rigor and beauty of life so close to the South Pole. In addition to his own experiences, Edge of the World also contains Neider's accounts of Shakleton's and Scott's expeditions, and the story of his own helicopter crash and rescue on the slopes of Mt. Erebus. Neider's account is erudite, literate, and intensely personal.

Author : Charles Neider
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Charles Neider and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Neider
Publisher : Cooper Square Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Charles Neider and published by Cooper Square Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica is a fascinating collection of vivid accounts from the journals of fourteen explorers.

Author : Alan Weber
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 0878333037
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Because It's There written by Alan Weber and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Hannibal's legendary crossing of the Alps and concluding with present-day firsthand accounts of Everest and K-2 expeditions, this engrossing collection presents 43 essays, poems, and reminiscences by artists and adventurers to whom climbing is more personal mission than sport.

Author : Charles Neider
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815412355
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Cape Horn written by Charles Neider and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents Charles Neider's fascinating narrative of his third trip beyond Cape Horn to Antarctica--the last wild place on earth.

Author : Michael Carroll
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319746243
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctica: Earth's Own Ice World written by Michael Carroll and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus, the world’s southernmost active volcano in Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica's McMurdo Station echo the kinds of strategies that future explorers will undertake as they set up settlements on Mars and beyond. This exciting popular-level book explores the arduous environment of Antarctica and how it is similar to other icy worlds in the Solar System. The bulk of this story delves into Antarctica’s infrastructure, exploration, and remote camps, culminating on the summit of Erebus. There, the authors explored the caves and ice towers on the volcano’s flanks, taking photographs and generating original art depicting scenes in Antarctica and terrestrial analogs on other planets and moons. Readers will see an intimate side of Mount Erebus and Antarctica while surveying the region’s history, exploration, geology, and volcanology, which includes research funded by the National Science Foundation’s United States Antarctic Programs. Richly illustrated with photographs and stunning paintings showcasing the beauty of the harsh continent, the book captures the spirit and splendor of the authors’ journey to Erebus.

Author : William James Mills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576074234
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] written by William James Mills and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.

Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415970245
Total Pages : 1274 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Antarctic written by Beau Riffenburgh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Gretchen Legler
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781571312822
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Ice written by Gretchen Legler and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "McMurdo Station, Antarctica, is home to eighty-mile-per-hour winds, minus seventy degree temperatures, and months of near-total darkness. Sent to Antarctica as an observer, Gretchen Legler tells the story of her season spent at McMurdo Station. Populated by people from all walks of life - bankers, MBAs, therapists, carpenters, scientists, laborers, and military brass - the individuals that Legler meets have gone to Antarctica to escape everything from parking tickets to angry spouses. Hoping to get away from the complexities of her own life, Legler arrives at McMurdo Station with the intention of researching the landscape; what she finds, instead, is a zany population of people." "Part sociological study, part historiography, and part love story, On the Ice is an exploration of one of the most unexplored places on earth and the people who are drawn to it."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facts about the United States of America Antarctic Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: