Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme*** Out of Print
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Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, this travel adventure documents dozens of voyages, from the earliest days of long-distance sea travel through the rapacious exploitation of seal and whale in the 19th century to the 20th-century expeditions racing to the South Pole. 25 photos.
Author: Landis M
Format: Hardback, 512 pages
Published: 2001, Chicago Review Press, United States
Genre: People & Places: General
Description
Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, this travel adventure documents dozens of voyages, from the earliest days of long-distance sea travel through the rapacious exploitation of seal and whale in the 19th century to the 20th-century expeditions racing to the South Pole. 25 photos.
Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme*** Out of Print