Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme: 400 Years of Adventure

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Fabulous sights, hair-raising escapes, jubilant homecomings, and agonizing losses abound in this unique historical adventure. Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme 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 overland expeditions racing to the South Pole. The drama continues as 10 nations scramble to claim the continent,...

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Fabulous sights, hair-raising escapes, jubilant homecomings, and agonizing losses abound in this unique historical adventure. Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme 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 overland expeditions racing to the South Pole. The drama continues as 10 nations scramble to claim the continent, and a review of today’s Antarctica by region details further expeditions as well as geology, terrain, and historical and scientific sites.

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Editorial Reviews

Captain James Cook
The Ice appeared like Coral Rocks, honey-combed and . . . exhibited such a variety of figures that there is not an animal on Earth that was not in some degree represented by it.
Chicago Tribune
...a smart primer for anyone interested in understanding the history of an entire continent...
Indianapolis Star
...vivid portraits of expeditions to one of the most dangerous parts of the world...
James Cook
The Ice appeared like Coral Rocks, honey-combed and . . . exhibited such a variety of figures that there is not an animal on Earth that was not in some degree represented by it.
KLIATT
Some historical subjects never go out of fashion, and seem to demand regular updating and retelling: Pearl Harbor, the Old West, the Kennedy assassination, and almost anything having to do with the Civil War, for example. Polar exploring is firmly in this category. Even though the original source documents of these sturdy adventurers have been studied to shreds and little new material is available, the stirring stories of these doughty explorers, their trials, and their sufferings continue to excite attention from each new generation of readers. Author Marilyn Landis does an excellent job of presenting the Antarctica story. Her tale runs from the days of the semi-mythical Terra Australis Incognita to today's Polar Research Stations. As with the northern Arctic, the powerful appeal to be the first human to stand on the Pole fueled dramatic and intense competitions among the oversized personalities—Amundson, Scott, Peary. Several recent well-publicized stories about sudden illness and perilous rescues show that the Antarctic, while moderately well explored today, still has never been tamed. The tales of the various expeditions, the weather and the discoveries, and most importantly the appeal of the immense ice continent itself make for fine reading. Landis goes most popular histories one better by describing the explorations of Antarctica's outer islands as well, and concludes with a fine chapter on whales and whaling. KLIATT Codes: SA—Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Chicago Review Press, 395p. illus. bibliog. index., Ages 15 to adult.
—Raymond Puffer, PhD.
Library Journal
Freelance writer and earth scientist Landis made several trips to Antarctica to research this historical survey of Antarctic exploration. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, on general exploration, describes the voyages of the great explorers Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, James Cook, Capt. F.F. Bellinghausen, James Weddell, Dumont D'Urville, Charles Wilkes, Sir James Clark Ross, Robert F. Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Richard Byrd. Part 2, on regional exploration, covers expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea, the Ross Sea, East Antarctica, and selected sub-Antarctic islands. Part 3, on historical geography and wildlife, chronicles the geological development of the continent and its wildlife. Landis has a knack for quickly characterizing historical figures, mentioning that Magellan "was a small, wiry, unassuming man with a severe limp" or that Drake was "permanently lamed" by a Spanish musket ball still in his leg from his exploits in Panama. There is some overlap of coverage, and names from Part 1 inevitably resurface in Part 2, but this well-written history is the best recent historical survey of Antarctica and a very good purchase for public and undergraduate collections. John Kenny, San Francisco P.L. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781556524288
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/1/2001
  • Edition description: 1ST
  • Pages: 416
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Marilyn J. Landis was trained as a geologist and earth scientist specializing in Antarctica. Now a freelance writer, she traveled to Antarctica seven times to research this book.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Time Line
Introduction
Pt. I General Exploration: From the Concept of Antarctica to the Antarctica Treaty
1 The Search for Terra Australis Incognita 3
2 In Search of Seals with Further Discoveries 27
3 The End of an Era 49
4 The Search for the South Magnetic Pole 63
5 Antarctic Whaling: Diminishing Returns 109
6 Triumph and Tragedy: The South Pole Expeditions 125
7 The Making of a Treaty 167
Pt. II Regional Exploration: Four Antarctic Regions and Subantarctic Islands
8 Antarctic Peninsula Exploration 191
9 Weddell Sea Exploration 211
10 Ross Sea Exploration 245
11 East Antarctica Exploration 265
12 Exploring Selected Subantarctic Islands 279
Pt. III Exploring Antarctica's Geography and Wildlife
13 The Hub of Gondwana 305
14 Exploring Antarctica's Wildlife 317
Travel Resources 367
Glossary 371
Selected Bibliography 375
Index 383
Picture Credits 396
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