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Antarctic Pioneer : The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne.
- 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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