1912 : the year the world discovered Antarctica /: the year the world discovered Antarctica. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Nineteen tweleve
• Further Information: Note: Chris Turney.
• Other Names: Turney, Chris, 1973-
• Contents: Looking Polewards : early ventures South -- An audacious plan : Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 -- A new land : Robert Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition, 1919-1913 -- Of reindeer, ponies, and automobiles : Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian bid for the South Pole, 1910-1912 -- The Dash Patrol : Nobu Shirase and the Japanese South Polar Expedition, 1910-1912 -- Wilhelm Filchner and the Second Germany Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912 -- Ice-cold in Denison : Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1913 -- Martyrs to Gondwanaland : the cost of scientific exploration -- Appendix. Lord Curzon's notes.
• Publisher Details: London : Bodley Head
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 919.8904; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues; Discoveries in geography; History; Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- History; Antarctica; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1619021374; 9781619021372; 9781448138739; 1448138736
• Related ISBNs: 9781847921741; 1847921744
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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