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Antarctic Atlas

Author : Peter Fretwell
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141995610
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Atlas written by Peter Fretwell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ESTWA AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 One of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never seen it before. This is not just a book of traditional maps. It measures everything from the thickness of ice beneath our feet to the direction of ice flows. It maps volcanic lakes, mountain ranges the size of the Alps and gorges longer than the Grand Canyon, all hidden beneath the ice. It shows us how air bubbles trapped in ice tell us what the earth's atmosphere was like 750,000 years ago, proving the effects of greenhouse gases. Colonies of emperor penguins abound around the coastline, and the journeys of individual seals around the continent and down to the sea bed in search of food have been intricately tracked and mapped. Twenty-nine nations have research stations in Antarctica and their unique architecture is laid out here, along with the challenges of surviving in Antarctica'sunforgiving environment. Antarctica is also the frontier of our fight against climate change. If its ice melts, it will swamp almost every coastal city in the world. Antarctic Atlas illustrates the harsh beauty and magic of this mysterious continent, and shows how, far from being abstract, it has direct relevance to us all.

Mapping Antarctica

Author : Robert Clancy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400743211
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Antarctica written by Robert Clancy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone likes maps and maps are always used to illustrate the many books on the Antarctic. Here the focus is reversed with contemporary maps telling the story – one that should be attractive to the widest audience as it is a unique approach complimenting what has gone before and providing something different for all interested in Antarctica.

The Strait of Magellan

Author : Michael a Morris
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004635416
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Strait of Magellan written by Michael a Morris and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mapping Our World

Author : Peter Barber
Publisher : National Library of Australia
ISBN 13 : 0642278091
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Our World written by Peter Barber and published by National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro in his monastery on the island of San Michele in the Venetian lagoon. Now the centrepiece of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in St Marc’s Square in Venice, the map in its nearly 600-year history has never left Venice – until now. Renowned for its sheer size - over 2.3 metres square - and stunning colours, the map was made at a time of transition between the medieval world view and new knowledge uncovered by the great voyages of discovery. Brilliantly painted and illuminated on sheets of oxhide, the sphere of the Earth is surrounded by the sphere of the Ocean in the ancient way. Yet Fra Mauro included the latest information on exploration by Portuguese and Arab navigators. Commissioned by King Afonso V of Portugal, it is the last of the great medieval world maps to inspire navigators in the Age of Discovery to explore beyond the Indian Ocean.

Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings

Author : Charles H. Hapgood
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932813428
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings written by Charles H. Hapgood and published by Adventures Unlimited Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hapgood utilizes ancient maps as concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. Hapgood concluded that these ancient mapmakers were in some ways much more advanced in mapmaking than any people prior to the 18th century. Hapgood believes that they mapped all the continents. This would mean that the Americas were mapped thousands of years before Columbus. Antarctica would have been mapped when its coasts were free of ice. Hapgood supposes that there is evidence that these people must have lived when the Ice Age had not yet ended in the Northern Hemisphere and when Alaska was still connected with Siberia by the Pleistocene, Ice Age 'land bridge'.

Little America

Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442241713
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Little America written by Richard Evelyn Byrd and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.

In the Heart of the Antarctic

Author : Sir Ernest Shackleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140296204
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book In the Heart of the Antarctic written by Sir Ernest Shackleton and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustrated by his experiences on an expedition led by Captain Robert Scott, explorer Ernest Shackleton, in 1907, launched his own attempt to reach the South Pole. At the mercy of a hostile continent it was to become the most extreme test of endurance imaginable. This is his thrilling account of that expedition.

Antarctic Resolution

Author : Giulia Foscari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783037786406
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Resolution written by Giulia Foscari and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of the Anthropocene, it?s urgent to shift our collective attention southward. Antarctica, a continent that accounts for 10% of Planet Earth and 70% of the world?s fresh water, represents at once the repository of planetary data essential to produce reliable climate change projections, and the biggest threat to all coastal sites.00On the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica, 'Antarctic Resolution' offers a high-resolution image of the hyper-surveilled yet neglected continent and instigates a decisive resolution towards a supra-national governance model. Advocating for true trans-national and cross-disciplinary collaboration, 'Antarctic Resolution' brings together, for the first time in Antarctic bibliography, international experts and practitioners in the fields of science, architecture, engineering, history, political science, law, anthropology, literature, art and technology.00The holistic agenda of Antarctic Resolution, which includes dedicated chapters on the role of science and politics in the continent, culminates in the first ?Declassified Archive of Antarctic Architecture.? Revealing the unique evolution of inhabitation models and architectural typologies in the extreme (from the first Antarctic hut to advanced contemporary structures), the Archive questions the motives that led to an unexpected architectural redundancy on the continent.00Developed by UNLESS, a not-for-profit organization which mobilizes architecture as an agency for territorial investigation, Antarctic Resolution juxtaposes academic content with highly visual information. Alongside archival and contemporary photography, the book is dense with drawings, diagrams and cartographies produced by the global network of the Polar Lab.00Resisting the temptation of imposing a conclusive narrative, the publication structure offers knowledge in the form of fragments ? flashes that shed light in a continent that lies in the dark for six months each year.

The South Pole

Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3861952564
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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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.

Magnificent Maps

Author : Peter Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712350921
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Magnificent Maps written by Peter Barber and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the British Library, London, April 30-Sept. 19, 2010.

Shackleton's Journey Activity Book

Author : William Grill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909263802
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Shackleton's Journey Activity Book written by William Grill and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1892, New Mexico. A wolfpack roams the Currumpaw River Valley, preying on the vast cattle and sheep herds of the area. Their leader, Lobo possesses such cunning that local ranchers are unable to trap the pack. Due to his knowledge of wolf behaviour, Ernest Thompson Seton, a naturalist, is employed by ranchers to ride them of Lobo's pack.

Race to the South Pole

Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : White Star Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788854402171
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Race to the South Pole written by Roald Amundsen and published by White Star Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert Scott. Amundsen organized his gripping account using what is referred to in the film industry as the zooming technique. It starts in the past, examining the history of Antarctic exploration in different eras, and then moves ahead to describe how his own expedition was created, its organization, the slow stages involved in preparing for departure and, finally, the heart-stopping excitement of the race to the South Pole. Supplementing the vivid first-person text are black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the actual expedition, and color photographs depicting the landscape of Antarctica.

Mapping the Climate

Author : Irving I. Gringorten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Climate written by Irving I. Gringorten and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Antarctica

Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Ian Cameron and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1974 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mapping

Author : David Greenhood
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622158X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Mapping written by David Greenhood and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A praiseworthy introduction to the lore of maps and a mine of information for the amateur map-maker."—O.M. Miller, American Geographical Society "This book should be welcomed by all students of mapping, for it will take them in uncomplicated stages through the complexities of compiling a map. . . . Mr. Greenwood is to be congratulated on an excellent book."—C.J. Angus, Canadian Geographical Journal "For the baggy and middle-aged who cannot afford skiing in Austria or sailing off Bimini, Greenhood invites his readers to a sort of intellectual excitement which neither skiing nor sailing could equal. . . . Unless you work professionally with maps to the degree that a navigator does, for instance, this book will fascinate and enthrall you."—Monroe Bush, American Forests "A teacher who wishes to go into the classroom with a storehouse of knowledge and ideas will find this a remarkable book. It is easy to read, and each page contains information which can be fed into the work in progress no matter which area of the world is being studied."—Instructor

South Pole

Author : Elizabeth Leane
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236298
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book South Pole written by Elizabeth Leane and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of two points where the Earth’s axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, yet it is a highly sought-after location, and reaching it on foot is one of the most extreme adventures an explorer can undertake. The Pole is, as Leane shows, a deeply imagined place, and a place of politics, where a series of national claims converge. Leane details the important challenges that the South Pole poses to humanity, asking what it can teach us about ourselves and our relationship with our planet. She examines its allure for explorers such as Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen, not to mention the myriad writers and artists who have attempted to capture its strange, inhospitable blankness. She considers the Pole’s advantages for climatologists and other scientists as well as the absurdities and banalities of human interaction with this place. Ranging from the present all the way back to the ancient Greeks, she offers a fascinating—and lavishly illustrated—story about one of the strangest and most important places on Earth.

South Pole

Author : Elizabeth Leane
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780235968
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book South Pole written by Elizabeth Leane and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geographic South Pole is a place of paradox. It is a point around which the Earth, quite literally, pivots; yet it has a habit of falling off the edge of our maps. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, but is nonetheless a much sought-after location. The endpoint of exploration's most famous 'race' between teams led by Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen, the Pole has more recently become a favoured destination of 'extreme' tourists. Like the whole of Antarctica, '90 South' does not belong to any nation, but six national claims meet there, and for nearly sixty years the US has occupied the site with a series of scientific stations. The Pole is a deeply political place. In South Pole Elizabeth Leane explores the important challenges that this strange place poses to humanity. What is its lure? How and why should people live there? How can creative artists respond to its apparent blankness? What can it teach us about our planet and ourselves? Along the way, she considers the absurdities and banalities of human engagement with the Pole. Ranging from the ancient Greeks to the present, and featuring spectacular images of the South Pole, this book offers a fascinating history of the symbolic 'heart' of the Antarctic.