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Antarctica's Lost Aviator

Author : Jeff Maynard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 164313096X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica's Lost Aviator written by Jeff Maynard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent. The main obstacles to Ellsworth’s ambition were numerous: he didn’t like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn’t navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. A few hours after taking off in 1935, radio contact with Ellsworth was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica’s Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, photographs, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes.

Antarctica's Lost Aviator

Author : Jeff Maynard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781643136844
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica's Lost Aviator written by Jeff Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing voyage of the first solo crossing of Antarctica by the unlikeliest of arctic explorers. By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent. And to honor his hero, Wyatt Earp, he would carry his gun belt on the flight. The main obstacles to Ellsworth's ambition were numerous: he didn't like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn't navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, pilots refused to fly, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. Finally, in 1935, Ellsworth took off to fly from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. A few hours after leaving, radio contact with him was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica's Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, photographs, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes.

Antarctica

Author : Jean de Pomereu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844866238
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Jean de Pomereu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections around the world. Retracing the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections across the world, this beautiful and absorbing book is published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the first crossing into the Antarctic Circle by James Cook aboard Resolution, on 17th January 1773. It presents a gloriously visual history of Antarctica, from Terra Incognita to the legendary expeditions of Shackleton and Scott, to the frontline of climate change. One of the wildest and most beautiful places on the planet, Antarctica has no indigenous population or proprietor. Its awe-inspiring landscapes – unknown until just two centuries ago – have been the backdrop to feats of human endurance and tragedy, scientific discovery, and environmental research. Sourced from polar institutions and collections around the world, the objects that tell the story of this remarkable continent range from the iconic to the exotic, from the refreshingly mundane to the indispensable: - snow goggles adopted from Inuit technology by Amundsen - the lifeboat used by Shackleton and his crew - a bust of Lenin installed by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition - the Polar Star aircraft used in the first trans-Antarctic flight - a sealing club made from the penis bone of an elephant seal - the frozen beard as a symbol of Antarctic heroism and masculinity - ice cores containing up to 800,000 years of climate history This stunning book is both endlessly fascinating and a powerful demonstration of the extent to which Antarctic history is human history, and human future too.

Antarctic Journal of the United States

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Journal of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Illustrated Sir Hubert Wilkins

Author : Jeff Maynard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646852737
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Sir Hubert Wilkins written by Jeff Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history on the life of Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Featuring over 200 photographs. Sir Hubert Wilkins was one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived. Now for the first time, Jeff Maynard presents a revealing picture of his enigmatic life through a series of beautiful photographs, and extracts from Wilkins' writings. A limited edition collectible book.

Geographic Names of the Antarctic

Author : Fred G. Alberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geographic Names of the Antarctic written by Fred G. Alberts and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010: Navy and Marine Corps Air Stations and Fields Named for Aviators

Author : Mark Llewellyn Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010: Navy and Marine Corps Air Stations and Fields Named for Aviators written by Mark Llewellyn Evans and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995

Author : Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995 written by Roy A. Grossnick and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, a collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.

United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1970

Author : United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1970 written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Frozen Field of Dreams, Science, Strategy, and the Antarctic in Norway, Sweden, and the British Empire, 1912-1952

Author : Peder William Chellew Roberts
Publisher : Stanford University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Frozen Field of Dreams, Science, Strategy, and the Antarctic in Norway, Sweden, and the British Empire, 1912-1952 written by Peder William Chellew Roberts and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2010 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dissertation examines how actors in Norway, Sweden, and the British Empire conceived the Antarctic as a space for science during the years 1912 to 1952. Instead of tracing a narrative of enlightenment, how science became the dominant form of activity in the Antarctic, I examine a series of episodes with particular attention to why particular kinds of science held sway within specific political, cultural, and economic contexts. Concerned more with how Antarctic science was planned and justified than how it was executed in the field, the project draws upon recent scholarship in geography and geopolitics, as well as the history of exploration. The six case studies involve an aborted Anglo-Swedish Antarctic expedition in 1912; Britain's interwar Antarctic whaling research program; debates among whaling magnates and their associates over the relationship between Antarctic science and whaling in interwar Norway; the culture of polar exploration that emerged at Cambridge (and to some extent Oxford) between the world wars; the approach to polar exploration and quantitative glaciology pioneered by the Swedish geographer Hans Ahlmann; and the complicated history of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949-52). I conclude with an epilogue arguing that the rise of international science in the Antarctic during the 1950s reflected the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War, rather than the triumph of science over politics.

Quest for Antarctica

Author : John F. Barell
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462021220
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Quest for Antarctica written by John F. Barell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica fools you into thinking you are safe, that appearances are reality. Antarctica is not what she seems. Since he was thirteen years old, author John Barells life-longand life-enrichingdream has been to sail to Antarctica and explore its wild and expansive territories. Quest for Antarctica: A Journey of Wonder and Discovery recounts Barells Antarctic adventure that is not only captivating but also educational. Fostered by knowing Americas foremost polar explorer, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and with strong family support, Barells dream continues south to McMurdo Sound and to the two-mile thick polar plateau. Follow Barells expeditions, including becoming a teacher, and learn how all of the survival lessons of Antarctica apply to striving for our own goals and being successful.

United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1980

Author : Clarke Van Vleet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1980 written by Clarke Van Vleet and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Introduction to Antarctica

Author : United States. Naval Support Force, Antarctica
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Antarctica written by United States. Naval Support Force, Antarctica and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Antarctica

Author : David Day
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199323623
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by David Day and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, and contentious geopolitics. Drawing from archives from around the world, Day provides a sweeping, large-scale history of Antarctica. Focusing on the dynamic personalities drawn to this unconquered land, the book offers an engaging collective biography of explorers and scientists battling the elements in the most hostile place on earth. We see intrepid sea captains picking their way past icebergs and pushing to the edge of the shifting pack ice, sanguinary sealers and whalers drawn south to exploit "the Penguin El Dorado," famed nineteenth-century explorers like Scott and Amundson in their highly publicized race to the South Pole, and aviators like Clarence Ellsworth and Richard Byrd, flying over great stretches of undiscovered land. Yet Antarctica is also the story of nations seeking to incorporate the Antarctic into their national narratives and to claim its frozen wastes as their own. As Day shows, in a place as remote as Antarctica, claiming land was not just about seeing a place for the first time, or raising a flag over it; it was about mapping and naming and, more generally, knowing its geographic and natural features. And ultimately, after a little-known decision by FDR to colonize Antarctica, claiming territory meant establishing full-time bases on the White Continent. The end of the Second World War would see one last scramble for polar territory, but the onset of the International Geophysical Year in 1957 would launch a cooperative effort to establish scientific bases across the continent. And with the Antarctic Treaty, science was in the ascendant, and cooperation rather than competition was the new watchword on the ice. Tracing history from the first sighting of land up to the present day, Antarctica is a fascinating exploration of this deeply alluring land and man's struggle to claim it.

Antarctica

Author : Jeff Rubin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Jeff Rubin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This travel guide to Antarctica provides information necessary to visitors on all budgets, including advice on getting there, accommodation, local cuisine, places to visit, language tips, and health and safety. This edition includes a section on Antarctic wildlife and tips on choosing a tour.

Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]

Author : William James Mills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576074234
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] written by William James Mills and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.

Antarctic Pioneer

Author : Joanna Kafarowski
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459749553
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Pioneer written by Joanna Kafarowski and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackie Ronne reclaims her rightful place in polar history as the first American woman in Antarctica. Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. After marrying, they began planning the 1946–1948 Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. Her participation was not welcomed by the expedition team of red-blooded males eager to prove themselves in the frozen, hostile environment of Antarctica. On March 12, 1947, Jackie Ronne became the first American woman in Antarctica and, months later, one of the first women to overwinter there. The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition secured its place in Antarctic history, but its scientific contributions have been overshadowed by conflicts and the dangerous accidents that occurred. Jackie dedicated her life to Antarctica: she promoted the achievements of the expedition and was a pioneer in polar tourism and an early supporter of the Antarctic Treaty. In doing so, she helped shape the narrative of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.