Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme : 400 Years of Adventure - Couverture souple

Landis, Marilyn J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1556524803 ISBN 13 : 9781556524806

Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2003

Synopsis

The danger and excitement of Antarctic exploration are unmatched in the annals of adventure travel. This book surveys four centuries and 40 expeditions to Antarctica, recounting, often in the explorers' own words, the wonders and the catastrophes they encountered. Fabulous sights, hair-raising escapes, and macabre deaths from storms and scurvy attended Ferdinand Magellan's 1520 passage through the southern straits and Captain John Biscoe's 1830 Antarctic circumnavigation. Nineteenth-century sealing and whaling expeditions from around the world are chronicled, and Ernest Shackleton's, Ronald Amundsen's, and Robert Scott's anguishing trials of body and spirit in their separate struggles to reach the South Pole early in the 20th century are detailed. A final section describes Antarctica today, detailing the wildlife and geology of a region that is drawing an increasing number of visitors who, like the adventurers before them, are fascinated by the isolation, beauty, and challenge of the continent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicago Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1556524803
• ISBN 13: 9781556524806
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 396
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible