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Book Synopsis Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events by : Robert Headland
Download or read book Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events written by Robert Headland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book lists Antarctic expeditions and related historical events from 700 BC to the time of publication in 1989.
Book Synopsis Leading at the Edge by : Dennis N.T. Perkins
Download or read book Leading at the Edge written by Dennis N.T. Perkins and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team’s survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change. Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about bringing order to chaos through true leadership. Among other skills, you’ll learn how to: instill optimism while staying grounded in reality, step up to risks worth taking, consistently reinforce your team message, set a personal example, find things to celebrate, laugh small things off, and--even in the face of extreme temperatures, hazardous ice, scarce food, and complete isolation--never give up. This second edition of Leading at the Edge features additional lessons, new case studies of the strategies in action, tools to uncover and resolve conflicts, and expanded resources. An updated epilogue compares the leadership styles of the famous polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott, which transcend the one-hundred-plus years since their historic race to the South Pole to help today’s leaders learn valuable lessons about the meaning of true success.
Book Synopsis The Crossing of Antarctica by : Sir Vivian Fuchs
Download or read book The Crossing of Antarctica written by Sir Vivian Fuchs and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South with Endurance by : Frank Hurley
Download or read book South with Endurance written by Frank Hurley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive collection of Frank Hurley's amazing photos from Shackleton's Antarctic expedition is the first book to reproduce all the surviving expedition photos, some of which have never been published. Over 450 photos.
Book Synopsis The Coldest March by : Susan Solomon
Download or read book The Coldest March written by Susan Solomon and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott and his British team to the South Pole in 1912.
Download or read book The South Pole written by Roald Amundsen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.
Book Synopsis Crossing Antarctica by : Will Steger
Download or read book Crossing Antarctica written by Will Steger and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1990, Will Steger completed what no man had ever before attempted: the crossing of Antarctica, a total of 3,700 miles, on foot. Lured by the challenge and the beauty of Earth's last great wilderness, and determined to focus the world's attention on the frozen continent now that its ecological future hangs in the balance, Steger and his International Trans–Arctica team performed an extraordinary feat of endurance.
Book Synopsis Mawson's Antarctic Diaries by : Eleanor Jacka
Download or read book Mawson's Antarctic Diaries written by Eleanor Jacka and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Douglas Mawson, Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer, made four trips to the Antarctic: in 1907-09 with Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition; in 1911-14, having declined to join Scott's ill-fated Antarctic journey, as leader of the Australasian Antarctic expedition; and twice between 1929 and 1931 as leader of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE). Mawson's Antarctic Diaries brings together for the first time all his descriptive writings while in the Antarctic. An uncensored record of events, they reveal Mawson's innermost thoughts at times of great stress and conflict on ship and on shore, through achievement and failure, joy and tragedy. This book includes some of Frank Hurley's most famous Antarctic photographs, as well as some not reproduced before.
Book Synopsis Madhouse at the End of the Earth by : Julian Sancton
Download or read book Madhouse at the End of the Earth written by Julian Sancton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN 'A "grade-A classic"' -- SUNDAY TIMES 'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN 'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMES LISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of dozens of rats teeming in the hold, they descended into madness. In this epic tale, Julian Sancton unfolds a story of adventure gone horribly awry. As the crew teetered on the brink, the Captain increasingly relied on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity - Dr. Frederick Cook, the wild American whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship's first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, who later raced Captain Scott to the South Pole. Together, Cook and Amundsen would plan a last-ditch, desperate escape from the ice-one that would either etch their names into history or doom them to a terrible fate in the frozen ocean. Drawing on first-hand crew diaries and journals, and exclusive access to the ship's logbook, the result is equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror. This is an unforgettable journey into the deep.
Book Synopsis An Empire of Ice by : Edward J. Larson
Download or read book An Empire of Ice written by Edward J. Larson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines South Pole expeditions, “wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged” (Booklist). An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration—placing the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Recounting the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century, the author reveals the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow. By focusing on the larger purpose of these legendary adventures, Edward J. Larson deepens our appreciation of the explorers’ achievements, shares little-known stories, and shows what the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery was really about. “Rather than recounting the story of the race to the pole chronologically, Larson concentrates on various scientific disciplines (like meteorology, glaciology and paleontology) and elucidates the advances made by the polar explorers . . . Covers a lot of ground—science, politics, history, adventure.” —The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book Science on Ice written by Chris Linder and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oceanographer and award-winning photographer, Linder chronicles four polar expeditions in this richly illustrated volume: to a teeming colony of Adľie penguins, through the icy waters of the Bering Sea in spring, beneath the pack ice of the eastern Arctic Ocean, and over the lake-studded surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Download or read book Destination written by Robert Swan and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the British adventurer Robert Swan and two other explorers on an exciting and dangerous 900-mile trek to the South Pole, following in the footsteps of Swan's childhood hero, Robert Falcon Scott, who made the journey exactly seventy-four years earlier.
Book Synopsis Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme by : Marilyn Landis
Download or read book Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme written by Marilyn Landis and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The danger and excitement of Antarctic exploration from the earliest sea voyages through the 20th-century overland expeditions racing to the South Pole.
Book Synopsis Realm of the Polar Bear by : Alex Morgan
Download or read book Realm of the Polar Bear written by Alex Morgan and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded by a blizzard on his way home for Christmas, Jarrod waits for death by freezing in his pickup, until a large, white-haired, bearded man steps out of the forest to rescue him. Jarrod is reluctant to follow the handsome man but decides his chances of survival aren’t good if he stays in his truck. Caleb takes Jarrod to a warm, inviting cabin in the middle of the forest and offers him food and drink to warm him up. Jarrod’s apprehensions begin to dissipate as his attraction for the mysterious man increases. Jarrod wonders what it would be like to live in the wild with the handsome Caleb, but he soon finds out the white bear is not what he appears to be.
Book Synopsis Galapagos of the Antarctic by : Rodney Russ
Download or read book Galapagos of the Antarctic written by Rodney Russ and published by Heritage Expeditions New Zealand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galapagos of the Antarctic - Wild Islands South of New Zealand describes the seven oceanic islands groups to the south of New Zealand. Starting at the Chatham Islands, and moving east to west through the Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Campbell Island, Auckland Island, The Snares and Macquarie Island, this book takes the reader on a journey through a unique part of the world, a wonderland of wildlife galore, unique geology and rich human history. Bursting with stunning photographs and illustrations.
Book Synopsis South Pole by : Christine Dell'Amore
Download or read book South Pole written by Christine Dell'Amore and published by Exclusive Selection. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it's a piece of history learned by every British student, the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains an epic story unknown to many. In this ultimate showing of life and boundless bravery, Robert F. Scott and his five-man team battled the elements--traveling through subzero temperatures with motor sledges and ponies--in the hope of being the first to reach this uninhabited territory. Arriving at the South Pole on January 18, 1913, the adventurers were greeted by their worst nightmare: a Norwegian flag. Disheartened and badly frostbitten, they trudged back toward their boat, only to die just eleven miles from the next depot. This well-documented journey is starkly relived in this waterproof, over-sized edition featuring a historic collection of stunning black-and-white photography on waterproof paper, and excerpts from Scott's harrowing diary uniquely crafted in calligraphy. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies
Download or read book Mawson's Will written by Lennard Bickel and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2000-02-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the “grim and inspiring” Arctic survival story of the legendary explorer who completed one of the most harrowing journeys in Antarctica’s history (Wall Street Journal). For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; the loss of his companion, dogs, supplies, and even the skin on his hands and feet. But despite constant thirst, starvation, disease, and snow blindness—he survived. Sir Douglas Mawson is remembered as the young Australian who would not go to the South Pole with Robert Scott in 1911. Instead, he chose to lead his own expedition on the less glamorous mission of charting nearly 1,500 miles of Antarctic coastline and claiming its resources for the British Crown. His party of three set out through the mountains across glaciers in 60-mile-per-hour winds. Six weeks and 320 miles out, one man fell into a crevasse—along with the tent, most of the equipment, the dogs’ food, and all except a week’s supply of the men's provisions. Mawson's Will is the unforgettable story of one man’s ingenious practicality, unbreakable spirit, and how he continued his meticulous scientific observations even in the face of death. When the expedition was over, Mawson had added more territory to the Antarctic map than anyone else of his time. Thanks to Bickel’s moving account, Mawson can be remembered for the vision and dedication that make him one of the world’s great explorers.
