Two years below the Horn : Operation Tabarin, field science, and Antarctic sovereignty, 1944-1946 /

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"In "Two Years Below the Horn," engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When mental strain led the operat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993 (Author)
Other Authors: Lackenbauer, P. Whitney (Editor), Heidt, Daniel (Daniel Henry), 1985- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Taylor, Andrew, > 1907-1993 > Travel > Antarctica.
Taylor, Andrew, > 1907-1993
British Antarctic Survey.
British Antarctic Survey
Scientific expeditions > Antarctica.
Expéditions scientifiques > Antarctique.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Discoveries in geography > British
Scientific expeditions
Travel
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > British.
Antarctica
Exploration, World War II, Antarctica, Antarctic, Canada, Tabarin, Sovereingty, Andrew Taylor
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Polar Regions
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Editors' Note; Introduction; PART ONE: PREPARATIONS AND DEPARTURE; 1. Recruitment and Goodbyes; 2. Beyond the Tropics; 3. From the Falklands Southward Bound; 4. The North Coast of Graham Land; PART TWO: PORT LOCKROY; 5. Establishment at Port Lockroy; 6. The Winter Months; 7. The Manhauling Journey of 1944; 8. Spring at the Base; 9. Moving; PART THREE: HOPE BAY; 10. Hope Bay; 11. March 1945; 12. Early Winter 1945; PART FOUR: THE FIRST SLEDGING JOURNEY; 13. Preparations for Sledging; 14. Start of the First Sledge Journey.
  • 15. Nordenskjöld Haunts16. Polar Rationing; PART FIVE: THE SECOND SLEDGING JOURNEY; 17. Interlude; 18. The Second Sledge Journey-1945; 19. East Ross Island; 20. West Ross Island; 21. North Toward Home; AFTERWORD: Taylor and His Manuscript; Notes; Bibliography.

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