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Antarctic Pioneer : The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kafarowski, Joanna.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ronne, Edith M. (Edith Maslin), 1919-2009.
Ronne, Edith M.
Ronne, Edith M. (Edith Maslin), 1919-2009--Travel--Antarctica.
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948).
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.
Women explorers--United States--Biography.
Women explorers.
Explorers--United States--Biography.
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography--American.
Travel.
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica.
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--American.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2022.
Summary:
Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed forever after marrying rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. She participated in the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1946-1948. Jackie Ronne dedicated her life to Antarctica and helped shape the narrative of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
Part One: Before Antarctica
1 Overcoming the Odds
2 Meeting Finn
Part Two: The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948)
3 The Beginning
4 Getting There
5 The Adventure Gets Underway
6 Striving for Glory
7 Afterward
Part Three: Working for Antarctica
8 An Explorer's Private Life
9 A New Era Begins
10 Life After Finn
Epilogue
Women in Antarctica Map
Author's Note
Acknowledgements
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index
About the Author
Back Cover.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781459749559
1459749553
OCLC:
1312160920

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