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Antarctica: Or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole - Couverture souple

Nordenskjold, Otto; Andersson, Johan Gunnar

 
9781120155795: Antarctica: Or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole

Synopsis

Antarctica: Or Two Years Amongst The Ice Of The South Pole is a book written by Otto Nordenskjold, a Swedish explorer and scientist, in 1905. The book is a detailed account of Nordenskjold's two-year expedition to Antarctica from 1901 to 1903. The book provides a comprehensive description of the harsh conditions and challenges faced by the expedition team, including the extreme cold, blizzards, and dangerous ice formations. Nordenskjold also describes the wildlife and natural beauty of Antarctica, including penguins, seals, and whales.The book includes numerous illustrations and photographs that provide a visual representation of the landscapes, wildlife, and scientific equipment used during the expedition. Nordenskjold also includes detailed scientific observations and findings, including geological and meteorological data.Overall, Antarctica: Or Two Years Amongst The Ice Of The South Pole is a fascinating and informative account of one of the earliest explorations of Antarctica, written by a renowned explorer and scientist.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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