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An empire of ice : Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science / Edward J. Larson.
LIBRA G872.B8 L37 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific expeditions.
- History.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Antarctica.
- Discoveries in geography.
- British.
- Scientific expeditions--Antarctica--History--20th century.
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
- Scott, Robert Falcon.
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- "Three cheers for the dogs"
- A compass pointing south
- The empire's mapmaker
- In challenger's wake
- Taking the measure of men
- March to the penguins
- Discovering a continent's past
- The meaning of ice
- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300154085
- 0300154089
- OCLC:
- 670375635
- Publisher Number:
- 99943396524
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