The South Pole : a historical reader / edited by Anthony Brandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandt, Anthony.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

National Geographic adventure classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.

Antarctica.

Discoveries in geography.

South Pole--Discovery and exploration.

South Pole.

Antarctica--South Pole.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 463 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2004]

Summary:

Terra Australius Incognito. Long before its discovery the ancient Greeks surmised that a continent must exist at the bottom of the world, writes Anthony Brandt in his introduction to this marvelous history of Antarctic exploration. The quest to find and explore Antarctica has consumed men and women ever since. The South Pole weaves together some of the great Antarctic adventure stories, as told by the explorers themselves: Ernest Shackleton's modest bravery rescuing his stranded crew: Roald Amundsen's account of being first at the Pole; Robert Falcon Scott's touching, tragic death. The book also includes little-known accounts that vividly describe the hardships, beauty, and extreme challenges of life in the most hostile environment on Earth. Readers will be surprised to discover Edmund Halley's amusing first description of penguins, Captain Cook's speculations regarding the source of Antarctica's huge tabular icebergs, and Douglas Mawson's heroic solo trek across the ice after losing his companions and his food. Anthony Brandt's authoritative narrative places this tapestry of characters and adventures into context and brings the story of Antarctic exploration from the ancient Greeks to the modern era.

Contents:

From The three voyages of Edmund Halley in the Paramore / Edmund Halley

from The journals of the second voyage 1772-1775 / Captain James Cook

from A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822-24 / James Weddell

"Recent discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean" from the Log book of the Brig Tula, 1833 / Mr. John Briscoe, R.N.

Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean in February, 1839, including remarks by Charles Darwin / Mr. John Balleny

from The United States Exploring Expedition / Charles Wilkes

from A voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions, 1839-43 / James Ross

from The voyage of the Discovery / Robert Falcon Scott

from The journal of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition / Otto Nordjenskj?ld

from The heart of the Antarctic / Ernest Shackleton

from The worst journey in the world / Apsley Cherry-Garrard

from The diaries of the Terra Nova Expedition / Robert Falcon Scott

from The home of the blizzard / Douglas Mawson

from South / Ernest Shackleton

"April 1: God of 2.5" from Alone / Admiral Richard Byrd

"My flight across Antarctica" from National geographic magazine, June 1936 / Lincoln Ellsworth

"South ice to the South Pole" from The crossing of Antarctica / Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary.

Other Format:

Online version: Brandt, Anthony. South Pole.

ISBN:

0792267974

9780792267973

OCLC:

55487371

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