Quest For Antarctica

Author : John F. Barell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462021222

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Quest for Antarctica by John F. Barell Pdf

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.

Author : Robert Swan,Gil Reavill
Publisher : Broadway
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780767931762

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The Earth's Last Wilderness by Robert Swan,Gil Reavill Pdf

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States as Antarctica 2041: my quest to save the earth's last wilderness by Broadway Books"--T.p verso.

Author : Robert Swan,Gil Reavill
Publisher : Random House LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780767931755

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Antarctica 2041 by Robert Swan,Gil Reavill Pdf

An activist and adventurer makes predictions about imminent environmental dangers associated with the 2041 expiration of an international treaty protecting Antarctica and discusses what can be done to prevent specific problems.

Author : Max Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0192805703

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The Last Great Quest by Max Jones Pdf

The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victorian explorers, intent on discovering uncharted lands, or a hopeless incompetent driven by personal ambition. Rejecting the stereotypes, Max Jones reveals a complex figure, a product of the passions and preoccupations of an imperial age.

Author : Frank Wild,Alexander Hepburn Macklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : OCLC:900794132

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Shackleton's Last Voyage by Frank Wild,Alexander Hepburn Macklin Pdf

Author : David E. Yelverton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015049548087

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Antarctica Unveiled by David E. Yelverton Pdf

Based on over fifteen years of research, Antarctica Unveiled tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott's first Antarctic expedition, and expedition that has largely been erased from public perception by the mass attention devoted to the drama of his last expedition. David E. Yelverton first recounts the half-century of campaigning that led to a pan European assault on the unknown continent at the dawn of the twentieth century. The book takes the reader along on the Discovery Expedition and into the terrain that faced Scott and his companions they led parties into unknown-and often dauntingly mountainous-territory to bring back the data and specimens that launched a century of research. Moreover. Yelverton analyzes the inexorable factors that governed Scott's conduct of the expedition and contrasts the poignant erosion of his hopes with the achievement of goals-proof that the Antarctic Continent existed and the location of the South Magnetic Pole-to which the expedition's patrons attached their greatest hopes. The book concludes with an account of the buildup of the race for the Pole that was the almost inevitable aftermath of Scott's achievement. Illustrated with more than 40 remarkable black-and-white photographs, Antarctica Unveiled is a must for the armchair traveler, historian, and Antarctic enthusiast.

Author : James C Hamilton
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526753601

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Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica by James C Hamilton Pdf

Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica – the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts of his three voyages in the southern Pacific and Southern Oceans, Cook ‘narrowed the options’ for the location of Antarctica. Over three summers, he completed a circumnavigation of portions of the Southern Continent, encountering impenetrable barriers of ice, and he suggested the continent existed, a frozen land not populated by a living soul. Yet his Antarctic voyages are perhaps the least studied of all his remarkable travels. That is why James Hamilton’s gripping and scholarly study, which brings together the stories of Cook’s Antarctic journeys into a single volume, is such an original and timely addition to the literature on Cook and eighteenth-century exploration. Using Cook's journals and the log books of officers who sailed with him, the book sets his Antarctic explorations within the context of his historic voyages. The main focus is on the Second Voyage (1772-1775), but brief episodes in the First Voyage (during 1769) and the Third Voyage (1776) are part of the story. Throughout the narrative Cook’s exceptional seamanship and navigational skills, and that of his crew, are displayed during often-difficult passages in foul weather across uncharted and inhospitable seas. Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica offers the reader a fascinating insight into Cook the seaman and explorer, and it will be essential reading for anyone who has a particular interest the history of the Southern Continent.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1923*
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : OCLC:156729982

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Southward on the Quest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris Fagan
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631525933

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The Expedition by Chris Fagan Pdf

Meet Chris and Marty—a married couple working on their careers, raising their only child, and chasing big adventures. At midlife, they suddenly find themselves weighing the responsibility of parenthood against the possibility of one more grand adventure, before their aging bodies and the warming continent of Antarctica further degrade. They ultimately decide it’s time to pursue their biggest dream: Ski 570 miles from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole. With no guide or resupply. From the lush Pacific Northwest to the barren landscape of Antarctica, Chris and Marty embark on one of the hardest challenges on the planet. After three years of intense planning and training, including meticulous preparations for the care of their twelve-year-old son, they are ready. Experience a boundless white wonderland like no other on earth. Encounter life-threatening dangers lurking in the bitter cold. Feel the intensity of 220-pound sleds, relentless wind, 40-below temperatures, and mind-numbing isolation. This is not an average couples getaway. Chris and Marty go where few others have dared on the way to making history—stretching their bodies, minds, and marriage to the limit in the process. Riveting and inspiring, The Expedition is about the power of family and community, the adventurous spirit that dwells within us all, and breaking through to feel fully alive.

Author : Lynne Cox
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307593405

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South With the Sun by Lynne Cox Pdf

An account of the famed explorer's career offers insight into his successful expeditions as well as his role in inspiring the author's own achievements.

Author : Leo Flaherty,William H. Goetzmann
Publisher : Chelsea House
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0791013081

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Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole by Leo Flaherty,William H. Goetzmann Pdf

Chronicles Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole.

Author : Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSD:31822033465337

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Race to the Pole by Ranulph Fiennes Pdf

Now in paperback, the real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer" In 1911, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. This perilous race to the South Pole claimed the life of Scott and became the stuff of legend, as well as scrutiny. This compelling, meticulously researched history of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, by renowned modern-day explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, holder of 10 expeditionary records, is the definitive account of this hotly debated quest. Fiennes offers an account of Scott's motivations and aspirations for the Pole, and his historic clash with Amundsen over goals and approaches. He also reveals the unpredictably disastrous weather patterns that led to the extreme cold that ultimately doomed Scott's return trip. Infused with the intensity of fiction and exhibiting an exhaustive eye for detail found in the greatest historical biographies, Race to the Pole is a prodigious achievement and certain to become a classic in the literature of exploration.

Author : Angie Butler (Journalist),Frank Wild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 0956927211

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The Quest for Frank Wild by Angie Butler (Journalist),Frank Wild Pdf

"The Quest for Frank Wild tells the gripping story of one woman's determination to unravel the truth of the final years of Frank Wild, one of the greatest British Edwardian Polar explorers of all time. Frank Wild, Sir Ernest Shackleton's closest friend and right hand man was the only explorer to serve on five expeditions to the Antarctic during the Heroic Age. The last sixteen years of his life were spent in South Africa, supposedly in penury, unable to come to terms with Ernest Shackleton's death and forgotten by his fellowmen. He died suddenly in the small mining town of Klerksdorp near Johannesburg. The little that was known of his later life in South Africa has been maligned by hearsay and sensational journalism and most tragically of all, no-one knew where he was buried. An outstanding man lost in life and in death. Angie Butler's seven year journey finally uncovers an extraordinary untold story and by doing so fulfils Wild's wish to have his memoirs published. The memoirs stand alone as a unique account of Edwardian Polar exploration"--page [4] of cover.

Author : David E. Yelverton
Publisher : Polar Publishing Limited
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica)
ISBN : 0954800303

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Quest for a Phantom Strait by David E. Yelverton Pdf

Author : Alex Archer
Publisher : Gold Eagle
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426826849

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Polar Quest by Alex Archer Pdf

When archaeologist Annja Creed reluctantly agrees to help an old colleague on a dig in Antarctica, she wonders what he's gotten her into. It turns out that her former associate has found a necklace made of an unknown metal depicting three snakes. He claims it's over forty thousand years old—and that it may not have earthly origins. As the pair conduct their research, Annja soon realizes she has more to worry about than being caught in snowslides. Because everyone is hiding something—from her friend, to the U.S. military personnel guarding the site. With no one to trust and someone out to kill her, Annja has nowhere to turn. And everything to lose.