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The roof at the bottom of the world : discovering the Transantarctic Mountains /
The Transantarctic Mountains are the most remote mountain belt on Earth, an utterly pristine wilderness of ice and rock rising to majestic heights and extending for 1,500 miles. In this book, Edmund Stump is the first to show us this continental-scale mountain system in all its stunning beauty and d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Through the portal : discoveries along coastal Victoria Land
- From the sea to the ice plateau : the crossing of Victoria Land
- Fire, ice, and the magnetic pole : further discoveries in Victoria Land
- Penetrating the interior : discoveries in the central Transantarctic Mountains
- Beyond the horizon : discoveries in the Queen Maud Mountains
- Earth's land's end : the exploration of Scott glacier
- To the IGY and beyond : filling in the spaces.