Antarctic Pioneer

Author : Joanna Kafarowski
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459749559

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Antarctic Pioneer by Joanna Kafarowski Pdf

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.

Author : Stephen Haddelsey
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752495644

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Born Adventurer by Stephen Haddelsey Pdf

Soldiers and sailors, geographers and geologists, submariners and balloonists all flocked to Antarctica during the 'Heroic Age' of Polar exploration. No one better represented this eclectic band than Frank Bickerton, engineer on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911–14. A true pioneer of Antarctic exploration, he piloted the expedition's 'air-tractor', established the first crucial wireless link between Antarctica and the rest of the world, and discovered one of the first meteorites ever to be found on the continent. Treasure-hunter, explorer, fighter pilot, entrepreneur, big-game hunter and movie-maker, Bickerton not only made a major contribution to the success of the AAE, but was also recruited by Ernest Shackleton for his ill-fated Endurance Expedition, dug for pirate gold on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, survived bloody dogfights over the Western Front during the First World War, and flirted with the glittering world of 1920s Hollywood. In Born Adventurer, historian Stephen Haddelsey draws on unique access to family papers, journals and letters to provide a thrilling account of Bickerton's rich and colourful life.

Author : William Bixby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : UOM:39015015355103

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Robert Scott, Antarctic Pioneer by William Bixby Pdf

A biography stressing the Antarctic expeditions of the explorer who lost his life while returning as loser from the race to the South Pole.

Author : Frank Hitchens
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781837911899

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Pioneer Aviators by Frank Hitchens Pdf

Pioneer Aviators records the various stages of man's journey into the skies, taking the reader from the earliest years of experimentation, through the early age of ballooning, into heavier-than-air flight, our ventures into space and even all the way back around to modern human-powered vessels. The book introduces the reader to almost three hundred aviation pioneers and the aircraft they flew, and is illustrated throughout with photographs mostly from the author's own collection. Due to the historical importance of these aircraft - and as a tribute to those who flew them - many are now housed in museums across the world. Without the efforts and sacrifices of the pioneers, we would not have the aviation industry of today.

Author : Thomas Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136390272

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Tourism in the Antarctic by Thomas Bauer Pdf

Ecotourism and adventure tours offer unique tourism opportunities in the Antarctic! Are you prepared to make the most of them? Tourism in the Antarctic analyzes tourism activities in the most remote tourist destination in the world! It establishes visitor profiles; discusses the impacts of tourism on the region; and explores barriers, opportunities, and future directions in Antarctic tourism. The emergence of ecotourism has turned Antarctica into an increasingly popular tourist destination for intrepid travelers. During the 1999/2000 season, approximately 15,000 passengers visited Antarctica by ship. Tourism in the Antarctic discusses the new and exciting opportunities for tourism business operators in the region, as well as the ramifications of increased numbers of visitors to this unique environment. In these pages, you will find discussions of issues related to Antarctic tourism including: regulation of the tourism industry under the Antarctic Treaty System, and self-regulation provided by business operators trends and predictions for numbers of visitors to the region tourist attractions that are natural, man-made, spiritual, or scientific in nature wildlife of Antarctica: seals and whales, flying sea birds, penguins, etc. international law as it relates to the region ship-based tourism opportunities from yachts and small expedition-type vessels to very large cruise ships and icebreakers air- and land-based tourism opportunities in the region from private expeditions to overflights an overview of current tourism operations in other remote areas: the Arctic region, the Galapagos Islands, Alaska, New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands, and more The author's observations and experiences during cruises to the Antarctic Peninsula, the sub-Antarctic islands and the Ross Sea, as well as during overflights of Antarctica, are the basis of this unique volume. Generously embellished with charts and tables that make it easy to track activities, opinions, trends, and environmental statistics, this book is an essential reference for anyone teaching, studying, or planning to operate a tourism business in this part of the world.

Author : International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2831702186

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Developing the Antarctic Protected Area System by International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Pdf

And conclusions. (To section on tourism and historic sites / WALTON D.W.H.

Author : Anne Strathie
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750997058

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Herbert Ponting by Anne Strathie Pdf

Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) was young bank clerk when he bought an early Kodak compact camera. By the early 1900s, he was living in California, working as a professional photographer, known for stereoview and enlarged images of America, Japan and the Russo-Japanese war. In 1909, back in Britain, Ponting was recruited by Captain Robert Scott as photographer and filmmaker for his second Antarctic expedition. In 1913, following the deaths of Scott and his South Pole party companions, Ponting's images of Antarctica were widely published, and he gave innovative 'cinema-lectures' on the expedition. When war broke out, Ponting's offers to serve as a photographer or correspondent were declined, but in 1918 he, Ernest Shackleton and other Antarctic veterans joined a government-backed Arctic expedition. During the economically depressed 1920s and 1930s, Ponting wrote his Antarctic memoir, re-worked his Antarctic films into silent and 'talkie' versions and worked on inventions. Like others, he struggled financially but was sustained by correspondence with photographic equipment magnate George Eastman, a late-life romance with singer Glae Carrodus and knowing that his images of Antarctica had secured his place in photographic and filmmaking history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556033405226

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Proposed Rule on Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary R. Tahan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319672687

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The Life of José María Sobral by Mary R. Tahan Pdf

Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903. This biography highlights Sobral's personal thoughts on the mission, his position, the science being discovered, and the geopolitical situation around him. The reader also learns about the state of science, Antarctic exploration, and cultural-political-issues at that time. The author's critical and contextual analysis of the diary explains more about Sobral and his role in Argentina, Antarctica, science and history. This paints a detailed picture of Sobral as an individual, and provides the framework to depict the world in which Sobral lived and worked as well as his expedition and accomplishments. The book aims to explain the context of Sobral's writings, the significance of the events he described in his diary entries, and the way all of these events tied into history and scientific discovery.

Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415970242

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Encyclopedia of the Antarctic by Beau Riffenburgh Pdf

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Author : Marie Sanderson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773573505

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Griffith Taylor by Marie Sanderson Pdf

Drawing upon an extensive collection of private papers, the author brings to life the colourful story of Taylor, Canada's premier geographer. He founded Canada's first Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, and Australia's first Geography Department at Sydney University. Taylor also had the distinction of being chief geologist on Scott's historic 1910-1912 Antarctic Expedition.

Author : W. Mayer,R.M. Clary,L.F. Azuela,T.S. Mota,S. Wołkowicz
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786202697

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History of Geoscience by W. Mayer,R.M. Clary,L.F. Azuela,T.S. Mota,S. Wołkowicz Pdf

The study of the Earth’s origin, its composition, the processes that changed and shaped it over time and the fossils preserved in rocks, have occupied enquiring minds from ancient times. The contributions in this volume trace the history of ideas and the research of scholars in a wide range of geological disciplines that have paved the way to our present-day understanding and knowledge of the physical nature of our planet and the diversity of life that inhabited it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO), the book features contributions that give insights into its establishment and progress. In other sections authors reflect on the value of studying the history of the geosciences and provide accounts of early investigations in fields as diverse as tectonics, volcanology, geomorphology, vertebrate palaeontology and petroleum geology. Other papers discuss the establishment of geological surveys, the contribution of women to geology and biographical sketches of noted scholars in various fields of geoscience.

Author : David E. Yelverton
Publisher : Polar Publishing Limited
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica)
ISBN : 0954800303

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Quest for a Phantom Strait by David E. Yelverton Pdf

Author : Jürgen Utrata
Publisher : Utrata Fachbuchverlag
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9783944318288

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Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch by Jürgen Utrata Pdf

Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie Englisch-Deutsch Unser Fachwörterbuch bietet Ihnen ein umfassendes deutsch-englisches Fachvokabular der Geographie. Die Weltsprache Englisch ist in diesem Bereich im wissenschaftlichen, beruflichen aber auch privaten Gebrauch unentbehrlich geworden. Vertiefen Sie Ihren Fachwortschatz über Ozeane, Meere, Kontinente, Staaten, Regionen, Landschaften, Inseln, Gebirge, Flüsse, Binnen- und Seewasserstraßen, Seegebiete, Meeresströmungen u.v.m. unserer Erde. Sie finden zudem wichtige Fachbegriffe aus den angrenzenden Bereichen Meteorologie, Verkehr und Schifffahrt sowie aus dem allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch. Viele Stichwörter sind mit zusätzlichen Kurzerklärungen, fachspezifischen Abkürzungen und geographischen und politischen Zuordnungen versehen, die Ihnen helfen werden, die Begriffe besser in den Gesamtkontext einzuordnen. Unsere Wörterbücher sind bewusst sehr übersichtlich gestaltet und besonders effektiv in der Handhabung u.a. durch ein alphabetisches Register am Rand bzw. ein navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis bei den E-Books, so dass Sie alle Vokabeln schnell und einfach auffinden und zuordnen können. Unsere Taschenbücher sind selbst bei widrigen Lichtverhältnissen gut lesbar und sind der ideale Begleiter auch unterwegs. "Es ist nichts, was den geschulten Verstand mehr kultiviert und bildet, als Geographie." - Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch mit über 11.000 Stichwörtern und zahlreichen zusätzlichen Kurzerklärungen, fachspezifischen Abkürzungen sowie geographischen und politischen Zuordnungen

Author : Jennifer Hayden Epperson
Publisher : Bombardier Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781642934588

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The Pioneer's Way by Jennifer Hayden Epperson Pdf

Senseless school shootings, cure-defying epidemics, threats of environmental disaster: these are the kinds of headlines that riddle the news every day. The challenges we face range from the horrific to the heartbreaking. We wonder, when will it stop? Frustration and fear won’t bring about beneficial change. Passionate men and women are needed to step into the gap and serve as change agents even though many assume that there are few areas left in which to innovate. While many advances have been made, there is still a need for everyday people to create, innovate, and impact their spheres of influence to advance the common good. Motivated by curiosity, conviction, and a conquering spirit, they can move to fill unoccupied spaces to nurture, persuade, understand, and solve some of society’s lingering dilemmas. Those who do the initial significant work in these areas are the ones who bring about such needed change. They are pioneers. The Pioneer’s Way establishes a working definition of the pioneer, explores pioneering versus leadership, and offers essential characteristics of the pioneer. These are illustrated by colorful examples of pioneers both past and present—motivating readers with inspirational, frontiering stories, while equipping them with the journey’s essentials for moving forward to make needed, significant change. Readers will journey down a systematic path that will help them navigate unfamiliar territory so they too can respond to the pioneer’s call and answer it through effective, beneficial action in both their lives and the lives they touch.