Pinnacle Of Antarctica

Author : John E. Rugg
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 1588203654

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Pinnacle of Antarctica by John E. Rugg Pdf

Author : Andrew J. Hund
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 885 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610693936

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Antarctica and the Arctic Circle [2 volumes] by Andrew J. Hund Pdf

This one-stop reference is a perfect resource for anyone interested in the North and South Poles, whether their interest relates to history, wildlife, or the geography of these regions in the news today. Global warming, a hot topic among scholars of geography and science, has led to increased interest in studying the earth's polar ice caps, which seem to be melting at an alarming rate. This accessible, two-volume encyclopedia lays a foundation for understanding global warming and other issues related to the North and South Poles. Approximately 350 alphabetically arranged, user-friendly entries treat key terms and topics, important expeditions, major figures, territorial disputes, and much more. Readers will find information on the explorations of Cook, Scott, Amundsen, and Peary; articles on humpback whales, penguins, and polar bears; and explanations of natural phenomena like the Aurora Australis and the polar night. Expedition tourism is covered, as is climate change. Ideal for high school and undergraduate students studying geography, social studies, history, and earth science, the encyclopedia will provide a better understanding of these remote and unfamiliar lands and their place in today's world.

Author : K.R. Kerry,G. Hempel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642840746

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Antarctic Ecosystems by K.R. Kerry,G. Hempel Pdf

Antarctic Ecosystems comprises 55 papers presented at the Fifth Symposium on Antarctic Biology held under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in Hobart, Australia, 29 August - 3 September, 1988. Both short- and long-term changes in ecosystems and community structures caused by natural and human factors were discussed to help understand the ecological processes taking place in a changing environment. The variability of ecological factors must be known for the development of realistic monitoring strategies and sound conservation practices.

Author : Justin Solorzano
Publisher : Justin Solorzano
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife in Antarctica (The Coldest, the Driest, the Desert, the Fifth-largest) by Justin Solorzano Pdf

This Book must read for adventurers and nature enthusiasts alike. In this comprehensive guide, readers will discover the secrets of thriving in one of the most extreme environments on Earth - Antarctica. This book is authored by a team of seasoned Antarctic experts who have spent years exploring the continent and studying its unique ecosystem. They share their firsthand knowledge, tips, and techniques on how to survive and thrive in this unforgiving environment. The book also delves into the role of science in Antarctic exploration, mapping and research, and the importance of environmental protection in the face of ongoing climate change. You will learn about the future of Antarctica, including the balancing of environmental protection with resource development, and the ongoing geopolitical and economic developments in the region. With its blend of historical narrative, scientific insight, and engaging storytelling, this book is the perfect introduction to the rich history of Antarctica. Whether you are an avid explorer, a student of history, or simply a lover of great writing, this book is sure to captivate and inspire.

Author : Lonely Planet,Alexis Averbuck,Cathy Brown
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787011496

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Lonely Planet Antarctica by Lonely Planet,Alexis Averbuck,Cathy Brown Pdf

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Antarctica is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get up close and personal with the local penguin populations, cruise the picture-perfect Lemaire Channel, or pay a visit to Ernest Shackleton's eerily preserved hut, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Antarctica and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Antarctica Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, landscapes, wildlife, environment Over 24 maps Covers the South Pole, the Antarctic Peninsula, Ross Ice Shelf, Lemaire Channel, Deception Island, Cuverville Island, Cape Royds, Cape Denison, Cape Evans, Port Lockroy, Paradise Harbor, and more About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Author : Fred G. Alberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : IND:30000044942955

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Geographic Names of the Antarctic by Fred G. Alberts Pdf

Author : Damien Gildea
Publisher : Primento
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9782511031360

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Antarctic Peninsula - Mountaineering in Antarctica by Damien Gildea Pdf

A beautiful work dedicated to mountain addicts and to amateurs who like to travel far from home! Climbing Antarctica is a unique experience. It is a dream that only few mountaineers have had the privilege to fulfill and that you can now skim, thanks to this very nice book, richly illustrated and remarkably documented. Damien Gildea will let you get be dragged into the rich history of Antarctica mountaineering adventure, from the first explorations in the 19th century until the achievements of today extreme climbers. He will lead you at the very heart of the most impressive and remote mountains of the South Pole... Discovering the incredible Antarctica Mountains, emerging from the white hugeness, will let more than one reader speechless. It is hard to figure out that we are still on Earth ! In this volume you can find all the information about the Antarctic Peninsula. This book is an absolute must-have for all climbers and travellers! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Damien Gidea is a polar mountaineer and explorer. He successfully led seven expeditions in the highest Antarctica Mountains, from 2001 to 2008. He is the author of the book entitled Antarctic Mountaineering Chronology, published in 1998, and of detailed topographical maps of the Livingston Island (2004) and Vinson Mountain (2006). His articles and photographs were published in many periodicals around the world, as the American Alpine Journal or the American magazine called Alpinist. He also led a skiing expedition to the South Pole and took part in several expeditions in the Himalayas, in Karakorum and in the Andes. When he is not exploring, Damien Gildea lives in Australia. EXCERPT This is the most popular and accessible part of Antarctica, and arguably the most beautiful. To many people the Antarctic Peninsula, with its icebergs, penguins, seals, whales, snowy peaks, and glaciers dropping into the sea, is Antarctica. No longer unexplored, the Peninsula now draws tourists and other adventurers due to its great natural beauty, a melding of mountains and sea, of rock and ice, of twilight, colour and warmth, far from the vast monochrome inland. The early years of exploration in the Peninsula region mainly consisted of commercial trips by sealers and whalers, with geographical discovery a secondary aim. The first party to visit the Antarctic for purely geographical exploration was Adrien de Gerlache’s 1897-99 Belgica expedition. Their ship became trapped in pack ice and they were thus the first people to spend a winter in Antarctica. The expedition not only included a young Roald Amundsen, who would later return south for the Pole and greater glory, but also Frederick Cook who was the ship’s doctor. Cook, part of a long and continuing tradition of dishonest polar adventurers, would gain notoriety for making fraudulent claims to have reached both the North Pole first and to have made the first ascent of Alaska’s Mount McKinley. Cook would also later spend time in a US prison, where Amundsen was a famous visitor.

Author : Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191649318

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Antarctic Lakes by Johanna Laybourn-Parry,Jemma Wadham Pdf

The Antarctic continent carries the greatest diversity of lake environments on the planet: freshwater and saline lakes, tidal freshwater epishelf lakes, lakes on ice shelves and glacier surfaces, and over three hundred subglacial lakes; extraordinary ecosystems that have been separated from the atmosphere for up to millions of years. This book provides a unique and cutting edge synthesis of Antarctic limnology, drawing together current knowledge on geomorphology, morphometry, chemistry, community structure and function. It emphasises throughout the value of these near-pristine ecosystems as barometers of climate change, showing how responsive and vulnerable they are to the indirect impacts of anthropogenic activity. Antarctic Lakes begins with an introduction to their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, providing a basis for understanding the subsequent detailed chapters on different lake types, and ends with a chapter considering the application of new technologies to polar limnology as well as identifying future research directions. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Antarctic and polar limnology, and will also be of broad interest to researchers working in the areas of polar science, microbial ecology (and extremophiles), climatology, glaciology, and astrobiology.

Author : Bernadette Hince
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643102323

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The Antarctic Dictionary by Bernadette Hince Pdf

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms of the Antarctic and subantarctic. Here, for the first time, is a complete guide to the origin and definitions of Antarctic words. Like other historical dictionaries, The Antarctic Dictionary gives the reader quotations for each word. These quotations are the life-blood of the dictionary — more than 15 000 quotations from about 1000 different sources give the reader a unique insight into the way the language of Antarctica has evolved. The reader will find out what it means to be slotted, the shortcomings of homers, the joys of a donga and the hazards of a growler. The Antarctic Dictionary has been meticulously researched, and will appeal to all those who have been to the frozen continent or have ever dreamed of going there. It will also appeal to those fascinated by the development of language. With a forward by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1452 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : MSU:31293011334095

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Antarctic Journal of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : UOM:49015002858018

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Antarctica by John Stewart Pdf

Author : Lisa Eareckson Kelley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781400865994

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The Antarctic Dive Guide by Lisa Eareckson Kelley Pdf

The Antarctic Dive Guide is the first and only dive guide to the seventh continent, until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers. Today, however, the icy waters of Antarctica have become the extreme destination for recreational divers wishing to explore beyond the conventional and observe the strange marine life that abounds below the surface. This book is packed with information about the history of diving in Antarctica and its wildlife, and features stunning underwater photography. The Antarctic Dive Guide covers 31 key dive sites on the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia and includes maps and detailed guidance on how best to explore each site. Essential information is also provided on how to choose and prepare for travel to this remote region, and diving techniques for subzero waters. This book is an indispensable resource for anyone considering diving in Antarctica, and an exciting read for anyone interested in this little-explored underwater world. This fully revised and updated third edition: Covers 4 new dive sites Features revised and updated information for the other 27 sites covered Includes new sections on the Sea Leopard Project and natural product chemistry from Antarctic marine organisms

Author : Justin Solorzano
Publisher : Justin Solorzano
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Antarctica: Arctic Exploration and Antarctica Books (Unlock the Power of Antarctica Start Your Antarctic Adventure Today) by Justin Solorzano Pdf

Antarctica vast frigid and mysterious this frozen continent is full with fantastic tales. Here you may find spectacular fauna, awe-inspiring scenery, and brave scientists and explorers. One of the strangest and most beautiful areas in the globe, Antarctica has no indigenous population or owner. Its awe-inspiring vistas – undiscovered until barely two centuries ago – have been the background to feats of human endurance and tragedy, scientific discoveries, and environmental studies. In this Book you will learn..... · Antarctica History · Antarctica Animals · Antarctica Pictures · Antarctica Facts · Antarctica Geology · Antarctica Landscape · Antarctica Environment · Fun Antarctica Facts · And Lots More! Whether you are an experienced explorer or simply someone fascinated by the beauty and mystery of Antarctica, This Book an essential read. With its practical advice, inspiring stories, and stunning photography. This book is sure to be a profitable investment in your own personal growth and adventure.

Author : Gillen D’Arcy Wood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691229041

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Land of Wondrous Cold by Gillen D’Arcy Wood Pdf

A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughs Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion. Land of Wondrous Cold tells a gripping story of the pioneering nineteenth-century voyages, when British, French, and American commanders raced to penetrate Antarctica’s glacial rim for unknown lands beyond. These intrepid Victorian explorers—James Ross, Dumont D’Urville, and Charles Wilkes—laid the foundation for our current understanding of Terra Australis Incognita. Today, the white continent poses new challenges, as scientists race to uncover Earth’s climate history, which is recorded in the south polar ice and ocean floor, and to monitor the increasing instability of the Antarctic ice cap, which threatens to inundate coastal cities worldwide. Interweaving the breakthrough research of the modern Ocean Drilling Program with the dramatic discovery tales of its Victorian forerunners, Gillen D’Arcy Wood describes Antarctica’s role in a planetary drama of plate tectonics, climate change, and species evolution stretching back more than thirty million years. An original, multifaceted portrait of the polar continent emerges, illuminating our profound connection to Antarctica in its past, present, and future incarnations. A deep-time history of monumental scale, Land of Wondrous Cold brings the remotest of worlds within close reach—an Antarctica vital to both planetary history and human fortunes.

Author : United States Board on Geographic Names,United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center,Geological Survey (U.S.). National Mapping Division,National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Polar Programs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Antarctic regions
ISBN : UVA:35007000455026

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Gazetteer of the Antarctic by United States Board on Geographic Names,United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center,Geological Survey (U.S.). National Mapping Division,National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Polar Programs Pdf