Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. 12. 2003 - Počet stran: 797 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. 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.
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... glacier of apparently low gradient and unbro- ken surface . In Shackleton's words , the Beardmore Glacier- named for William Beardmore , the expedition's most gener- ous sponsor - offered them " an open road to the South " ( 1999 , 303 ) ...
... Glacier , cap- turing on film many of the peaks discovered by Ernest Shack- leton in 1908 , before paralleling the mountains southeast . Soon uncharted ranges were in view , cut through by the spectacu- larly steep - sided Shackleton ...
... Glacier tongue or ice tongue . Formed where a glacier extends beyond the coastline over the sea . Glacier tongues are generally afloat and may break off intermit- tently with the action of tides and currents . Gondwana . The ancient ...
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