Blazing Ice Pioneering the Twenty-first Century’s Road to the South Pole / John H. Wright ; foreword by David M. Bresnahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, John H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antarctica--Environmental conditions.

Antarctica.

Antarctica--Social conditions--21st century.

Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Antarctica like you've never seen it before

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I. GETTING STARTED: MENACE AND HELP; 1 Linda; 2 Denver; 3 Frontier Attitude; 4 French Connections; PART II. CREVASSES, SWAMPS, AND DISAPPOINTMENT; 5 Crossing the Shear Zone-Year One; 6 Crossing It Right-Year One; 7 Crossing the Ross Ice Shelf-Year Two; 8 That Word: Ruminations on the Meaning of Road and the Influence of Terrain; 9 Farthest South-Year Three; 10 Traverse to Williams Field; PART III. YEAR FOUR: PROOF; 11 Return to Farthest South; 12 Sastrugi; 13 Farther South; 14 Going In with Airplanes; 15 Christmas at South Pole

16 Return to McMurdoIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-452-6

OCLC:

812174113