Land of wondrous cold : the race to discover Antarctica and unlock the secrets of its ice /

"A history of the first race to Antarctica that weaves the great polar discoveries of the nineteenth century with scientific breakthroughs of the modern era. Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have lon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Gillen D'Arcy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Ice caps > Antarctica.
SCIENCE > History.
Discoveries in geography
Ecology
Ice caps
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica > Environmental conditions.
Antarctique > Découverte et exploration.
Antarctique > Conditions environnementales.
Antarctica
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Our glacial earth
  • Chapter 1. The race Is joined
  • Interlude: The hollow earth
  • Chapter 2. Joseph Hooker travels through time
  • Interlude: The ghost continent
  • Chapter 3. In the land of fire
  • Interlude: The American climate warriors
  • Chapter 4. D'Urville battles the pack
  • Interlude: Ice Station Weddell
  • Chapter 5. The voyage of the flying fish
  • Interlude: The stormy petrel
  • Chapter 6. Madame D'Urville's letter
  • Chapter 7. Ross falls behind
  • Chapter 8. Seas of grass
  • Interlude: The Antarctic convergence
  • Chapter 9. How the Adélie penguin got its name
  • Interlude: Anthropornis nordenskjoldi
  • Chapter 10. Wilkes discovers a continent
  • Interlude: The hurricane coast
  • Chapter 11. Message in a bottle
  • Interlude: The magnetic crusaders
  • Chapter 12. Ross in wonderland
  • Chapter 13. Homecoming
  • Postlude. Last ice.

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