The roof at the bottom of the world : discovering the Transantarctic Mountains / Edmund Stump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stump, Edmund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Antarctica--Transantarctic Mountains.

Geology.

Orogeny--Antarctica--Transantarctic Mountains.

Orogeny.

Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Transantarctic Mountains are the most remote mountain belt on Earth, an utterly pristine wilderness of ice and rock rising to majestic heights and extending for 1,500 miles. In this book, Edmund Stump is the first to show us this continental-scale mountain system in all its stunning beauty and desolation, and the first to provide a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of the region's discovery and exploration. The author not only has conducted extensive research in the Transantarctic Mountains during his forty-year career as a geologist but has also systematically photographed the entire region. Selecting the best of the best of his more than 8,000 photographs, he presents nothing less than the first atlas of these mountains. In addition, he examines the original firsthand accounts of the heroic Antarctic explorations of James Clark Ross (who discovered the mountain range in the early 1840's), Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Richard Byrd, and scientists participating in the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). From these records, Stump is now able to trace the actual routes of the early explorers with unprecedented accuracy. With maps old and new, stunning photographs never before published, and tales of intrepid explorers, this book takes the armchair traveler on an expedition to the Antarctic wilderness that few have ever seen.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Through the Portal

2. From the Sea to the Ice Plateau

3. Fire, Ice, and the Magnetic Pole

4. Penetrating the Interior

5. Beyond the Horizon

6. Earth's Land's End

7. To the IGY and Beyond

Epilogue

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613331779

9781283331777

1283331772

9780300178463

0300178468

OCLC:

761697815