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An empire of ice : Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science / Edward J. Larson.

By: Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.Description: xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300154085 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 0300154089 (clothbound : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 919.8/9 22
LOC classification:
  • G872.B8 L37 2011
Contents:
"Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.

"Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.

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