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Antarctica Exploration:     more books (100)

South Pole: A Narrative History of the Exploration of Antarctica (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Anthony Brandt, 2004-10-05 Return to Antarctica: The Amazing Adventure of Sir Charles Wright on Robert Scott's Journey to the South Pole by Adrian Raeside, 2009-09-29 Edge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica A Personal and Historical Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, Tragedy, and Survival by Charles Neider, 2001-10-25 An Alien in Antarctica: Reflections upon Forty Years of Exploration and Research on the Frozen Continent by Charles Swithinbank, 1997 Assault on Eternity: Richard E.Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica, 1946-47 by Lisle A. Rose, 1980-08 Antarctica: Exploration, Perception and Metaphor by Paul Simpson-Housley, 1992-09-16 Antarctica (Exploration and Discovery.) by Stephen Currie, 2003-12-05 Exploration (Antarctica) by Greg Reid, 2005-07-30 Antarctic Miscellany: Books, Periodicals and Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica The Frigid Mistress: Life and Exploration in Antarctica by George A. Doumani, 1999-05 Antarctica As an Exploration Frontier--Hydrocarbon Potential, Geology, and Hazards/Book With Maps (Aapg Studies in Geology) Through the frozen frontier;: The exploration of Antarctica by George John Dufek, 1959 Explorations of Antarctica: The Last Unspoilt Continent by G.E. Fogg, David Smith, 1991-09-12 A WORLD OF MEN : EXPLORATION IN ANTARCTICA by WALLY HERBERT, 1969

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1. Dial A Book Newport Beach Sydney Australia
   Keywords antarctica exploration antarctic ice snow Price $35.00, Keywordsantarctica exploration antarctic ice snow Price $35.00,  
   http://www.dialabook.com.au/local/1/120

2. Recommended Books On Historical South Pole Expeditions And Antarctic Exploration
   Antarctica Exploring Antarctica Discoveries Antarctica Adventures ANTARCTICARESEARCH antarctica discovery Antarctica Treks antarctica exploration.  
   http://www.garethwood.com/profile/books-about-antarctica.html

3. Development Of An Autonomous Rover\\ For Exploration And Scientific Investigatio
   the University of Siena supported a preproject (50 ML) during 1998, aimed to a preliminaryinvestigation on mobile robotics for antarctica exploration and the  
   http://www-dii.ing.unisi.it/~control/research/Antartide/Antartide99.html
   
   Extractions: 7.5 Meteorites Antonio Vicino vicino@ing.unisi.it Marcello Mellini mellini@unisi.it Andrea Garulli garulli@ing.unisi.it Domenico Prattichizzo prattichizzo@ing.unisi.it Antonio Zeoli zeoli@mna.unisi.it Graziano Chesi chesi@ing.unisi.it Mauro di Marco dimarco@control.dsi.unifi.it Alessandro Francini francini@sunto.ing.unisi.it Andrea Gorelli gorelli@sunto.ing.unisi.it Andrea Mariotti mariotti@sunto.ing.unisi.it Antonio Bicchi bicchi@ing.unipi.it www.piaggio.ccii.unipi.it Paolo Caviglia pacavigl@vislink.it www.sistecgps.com Roberto Cipolla cipolla@eng.cam.ac.uk svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/vision Simon Lacroix Simon.Lacroix@laas.fr www.laas.fr Annalisa Cavallini Giulio Putti Serena Paolini Massimo Pasqualetti Elena Peccianti 5.1 Mechanical design of the rover base

4. Learn About Antarctica
   Exploration. Antarctica was the last of the seven continents to bediscovered. For many thousands of years it was suspected that  
   http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/student_pages/2000/rdavis/explore.htm
   
   Extractions: Antarctica was the last of the seven continents to be discovered. For many thousands of years it was suspected that there was a southern content, but it wasn’t until 1820 that it was first sighted and mapped by European explorers. Captain James Cook: Captain James Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle in 1773. He was sent to search for the southern content, and although he saw many sub-Antarctic islands he never actually saw Antarctica. He returned and told of his finding and explained to England that if their was a southern land it would be of no use to the people of the world. For more information on Captain James Cook, click here Three important expeditions in the 1840’s: Expeditions from the United States, Britain and France arrived off Antarctica at the same time in the summer of 1839-40. Lieutenant Charles Wilkes: Lieutenant Charles Wilkes led a United States expedition in 1840 to learn more about Antarctica and the Antarctic Circle. He mapped the coast line of Antarctica for more than 2,000 kms. This convinced him that Antarctica was indeed a continent.

5. Chessler Books - Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Exploration, Guidebooks And Vide
   history. Hardcover. (BP4880) antarctica exploration, PERCEPTION ANDMETAPHOR SimpsonHousley, Paul. $60. 1992. 131 pp, ills, maps.  
   http://www.chesslerbooks.com/CHlist.asp?Cat=arctic

6. Origins: Antarctica: Field Notes: Lessons On Sea Ice
   Our instructor for the Sea Ice School is Ted Dettmar, chief storyteller and stationhistorian on the heroic age of antarctica exploration (he’s promised to  
   http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/fieldnotes/seaice.html
   
   Extractions: Exploratorium crew member Julie Konop on the sea ice. (Click for a larger image) Lessons on Sea Ice by Mary K. Miller December 7, 2001 This place is called "The Ice" for good reason. Ice dominates the landscape of much of Antarctica with a thick coat of brilliant white. Solid pack ice also conceals what would be open sea just out the window of my temporary office in McMurdo Station. During winter and spring, the ice is thick enough that planes can land on it, as we did when arriving from Christchurch a few days ago. Contents of an Antarctica survival bag. (Click for a larger image) back field notes next Exploratorium

7. REPRESENTATIONS OF ANTARCTICA: LITERARY AND CULTURAL CRITICISM
   SimpsonHousley, P. antarctica exploration, Perception, Metaphor.London Routledge, 1992. Spufford, Francis. I May Be Some Time  
   http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/efgj/english/resources/Representations_of_Antarctica
   
   Extractions: REPRESENTATIONS OF ANTARCTICA: LITERARY AND CULTURAL CRITICISM RELATING TO THE ANTARCTIC The following is a bibliography of scholarly articles and books dealing with the Antarctica within a cultural or literary studies framework. The list does not include papers containing scientific, economic, environmental or political analysis of Antarctica or Antarctic issues. Bloom, Lisa. Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of Polar Expeditions. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1993. Blyth, J.D.M. "The Polar Regions in Literature." British Book News Brown, N., et al. Southern Convergence: Antarctic Art. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 2000. Burns, Robin. "Stories about Place: The Antarctic as an International Reserve for Science." Imagined Places: the Politics of Making Space. Collis, Christy. "Mawson's Hut: Emptying Post-Colonial Antarctica." Journal of Australian Studies Dodds, Klaus J. "Antarctica and the Modern Geographical Imagination." Polar Record Higginson, Ian N. "The First Antarctic voyage of Edgar Allan Poe." Polar Record Karamanski, Theodore J. "The Heroic Ideal: Romantic Literature and the British Exploration of the Antarctic, 1901–1914."

8. AntarcticaTravel.com - Antarctica - The Great White Continent
   permitting, many of our tours stop at Elephant Island, where Ernest Shackleton setout on one of the greatest rescue attempts in antarctica exploration history  
   http://antarcticatravel.com/html/antarctica.shtml
   
   Extractions: The message that will be displayed in the applet. The definition of all styles used by the message. The following parameters are used to format the applet area while images and input files are loaded. (Optional). When you register AcuteApplets you will get Domain-Keys that removes the intro nag-screen. ABOUT ANTARCTICA The Falkland Islands boast a beauty reminiscent of the Scottish moors, an impression reinforced by the British flavor of Port Stanley, the smallest (and some say, the most charming) capital city in the world. In the outer Falklands there will be several stops to observe the region's abundant wildlife. Our naturalists will help you identify a variety of species including the South American sea lion, southern elephant seal, Black-browed Albatross, King Cormorant, Blue-eyed Shag, and the rare Striated Caracara. You may also see colonies of the spectacular Rockhopper, Magellanic, Gentoo and King Penguins. South Georgia Islands Rising 10,000 feet out of the Scotia Sea, with shores scalloped by more than 100 glaciers, South Georgia is the most dramatic of all the sub-Antarctic islands. Its scenery is matched only by its display of wildlife. Among South Georgia's several islands, your tour may be greeted by barking southern fur seals and may sight nesting Wandering Albatrosses, whose 12-foot wing span makes them the largest of all the world's seabirds.

9. South-Pole.com: Arctic & Antarctic History On The Net
   This site is dedicated to the stamps, postal history and heroic explorers of the great White Continent. Inside you will find extensive biographical data on the early explorers in addition to significant statistics and examples of the philately of  
   http://www.south-pole.com/homepage.html
   
   Extractions: Welcome to the home page of South-Pole.com. This site is dedicated to the heroic explorers of our polar regions and the surrounding islands. The tales of these brave souls were often related in expedition mail sent home to anxious loved ones and beneficiaries. As you browse through this site, you will witness an extensive mix of reference material that will be useful to philatelists and students of polar history alike. For example, to the left you will notice a letter addressed to Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer (1799-1877), who went to sea at the age of 14. At the age of 20, he played a major role as captain and part-owner of the HERO on the Fanning-Pendleton Sealing Expedition. The following season, as commander of the JAMES MONROE , he and British sealer George Powell together discovered the South Orkney Islands. While the history of Arctic adventure essentially begins with the nineteenth century quest for the Northwest Passage and North Pole, the early explorers to Antarctic seas made sojourns solely for commercial reasons, some of which, incidentally, made new discoveries. The majority of these voyages, along with the highest development of the whaling and sealing industry, came in the nineteenth century when operations took place in every ocean of the world. Many of the peri-Antarctic islands were discovered by sealers or whalers and the first landings on half of them were made by men engaged in the whale and penguin oil industry. A particular problem with many sealing voyages was the secrecy with which the industry was conducted; should a captain and crew discover a new sealing area, they normally concealed its location in the hope of having no competition when exploiting it on subsequent voyages. The early sealing industry declined as the population of Fur seals and Elephant seals were reduced to such an extent that the industry became virtually unprofitable.

10. Antarctica - Exploration
    The Continent of antarctica exploration. Although recent cartographicstudies suggest that the broad outlines of the continent  
    http://polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web/antarctica/land_exploration.html
    
    Extractions: Exploration Although recent cartographic studies suggest that the broad outlines of the continent may have been known before the mid-16th century, it is generally thought that James COOK, on Jan. 16, 1773, was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle, and Adm. Fabian von Bellingshausen and M. P. Lazarev, on Jan. 28, 1820, were probably the first to sight land in the Antarctic. John Davis, captain of the American sealer Huron, was the first to land, at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, on Feb. 7, 1821. On Jan. 23, 1895, Leonard Kristensen and Carsten Borchgrevink (photo right) landed near Cape Adare, and they were thus the first to set foot on the main part of the continent. In 1898, Borchgrevink led the first expedition to spend a winter on the continent, also at Cape Adare. Their stay ushered in the "heroic phase" of exploration by parties that wintered over for scientific purposes. Several such expeditions were launched during the next decade. Otto Nordenskjold explored the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (1901-04). Robert F. Scott (photo left) and Ernest H. Shackleton led three scientific parties (1901-04, 1907-09, and 1910-13) from bases on Ross Island and made major advances in geology, meteorology, and oceanography. In 1908, T.W.E. David of Scott's party ascended Mount Erebus (3,795 m/12,450 ft), and later reached the South Magnetic Pole (lat. 72 deg25' S, long. 155 deg16' E) at an altitude of more than 2,130 m (7,000 ft). The pole has since moved to the Adelie Coast. In 1909, Shackleton traversed the Ross Ice Shelf, ascended the Beardmore Glacier, and reached 88 deg23' south latitude on the polar ice sheet.

11. ANTARCTICA - Exploration To Restoration
    Once the subject of competitive exploration and territorial dispute, Antarcticais today a model of global cooperation with over 40 countries carrying out  
    http://www.cleanupantarctica.com/explora.html

12. ANTARCTICA - Exploration To Restoration
    The history of 19th century exploration in antarctica is a story of dangerousand exhilarating quests for knowledge, for glory and for power.  
    http://www.cleanupantarctica.com/landing.html

13. Development Of An Autonomous Rover\\ For Exploration And Scientific Investigatio
    Development of an autonomous rover for exploration and scientific investigation Siena, June 1999 1 Aims of the project This project deals with the exploration of antarctica by means of autonomous rovers.  
    http://www.dii.unisi.it/~control/research/Antartide/Antartide99.html
    
    Extractions: 7.5 Meteorites Antonio Vicino vicino@ing.unisi.it Marcello Mellini mellini@unisi.it Andrea Garulli garulli@ing.unisi.it Domenico Prattichizzo prattichizzo@ing.unisi.it Antonio Zeoli zeoli@mna.unisi.it Graziano Chesi chesi@ing.unisi.it Mauro di Marco dimarco@control.dsi.unifi.it Alessandro Francini francini@sunto.ing.unisi.it Andrea Gorelli gorelli@sunto.ing.unisi.it Andrea Mariotti mariotti@sunto.ing.unisi.it Antonio Bicchi bicchi@ing.unipi.it www.piaggio.ccii.unipi.it Paolo Caviglia pacavigl@vislink.it www.sistecgps.com Roberto Cipolla cipolla@eng.cam.ac.uk svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/vision Simon Lacroix Simon.Lacroix@laas.fr www.laas.fr Annalisa Cavallini Giulio Putti Serena Paolini Massimo Pasqualetti Elena Peccianti 5.1 Mechanical design of the rover base

14. Explore Antarctica | Human Discovery Of The Continent
    Throughout the age of exploration, the search for antarctica was perhaps the greatestadventure of all. Discovery. exploration. See Virtual antarctica. 19011904.  
    http://www.secretsoftheice.org/explore/discovery.html
    
    Extractions: While the existence of Antarctica was not confirmed until the nineteenth century, early Greek geographers believed there must be a large land mass around the south pole to balance the known land in the northern hemisphere. They named it opposite of the Arctic: the Anti-Arkitkos or Antarctica. Throughout the age of exploration, the search for Antarctica was perhaps the greatest adventure of all. Discovery See Antarctic Explorers Captain James Cook (Great Britain)

15. Antarctica ...................
    During his first expedition to antarctica, from 1928 to 1930, Byrd established abase Scott's exploration party Ernest Shackleton Roald Amundsen Richard E. Byrd.  
    http://www.wcsscience.com/antarctica/page2.html
    
    Extractions: Scott and four companions reached the Pole a month later, to find the tent and flag of the Norwegian explorer already in place. But there had been problems with the cold from the beginning of the expedition, and then, weakened by the difficult return journey, Scott and his companions all died. Henry R. Bowers, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Scott all perished of starvation and exposure on March 29, 1912, within 18 km of a supply depot. Their bodies, along with valuable documents and specimens left by Scott in his tent, were found by a search party almost eight months later. His diaries and other documents were published as 'Scott's Last Expedition' in 1913.

16. Antarctica Fact File - History, A Time Line Of The Exploration Of Antarctica
    antarctica Fact File History, exploration Time Line. A brief history of the explorationof antarctica. What else was happening in the world? Other stuff. 350 BC.  
    http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica fact file/History/exploration and histo
    
    Extractions: Antarctica Fact File - History, Exploration Time Line Connected pages: The Heroic age of Antarctic Exploration Antarctic History Timeline Roald ... Shackleton Store A brief history of the exploration of Antarctica What else was happening in the world? Other stuff 350 B.C. It was the ancient Greeks who first came up with the idea of Antarctica. They knew about the Arctic - named Arktos - The Bear, from the constellation the great bear and decided that in order to balance the world, there should be a similar cold Southern landmass that was the same but the opposite "Ant - Arktos" - opposite The Bear. They never actually went there, it was just a lucky guess! In January, James Cook crosses the Antarctic circle and circumnavigates Antarctica, though he doesn't sight land, deposits of rock seen in icebergs showed that a southern continent exists. His comment - " I make bold to declare that the world will derive no benefit from it ".

17. Antarctica Fact File - The Heroic Age Of Antarcic Exploration
    At the beginning of the 20th century, Antarctic exploration was the space explorationof the day. antarctica was (and still is) a distant place visited by few  
    http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica fact file/History/The_heroic_age_of_Ant
    
    Extractions: They are not done by jostling in the street William Blake Connected pages: The Heroic age of Antarctic Exploration Antarctic History Timeline Roald ... Shackleton Store Antarctic Grotto A poster of the Terra Nova as famously captured by Herbert Ponting on the 1910 - 1913 expedition. Buy USA Buy UK At the beginning of the 20th century, Antarctic exploration was the space exploration of the day. Antarctica was (and still is) a distant place visited by few, largely unknown and only recently brought to public awareness. Photographs were rare, moving pictures even more so and radio was in its infancy. Exploration of this "Terra Incognita" was at the limit of possibilities, at the limits of logistical support, of physical endurance and technological capability. Unlike space exploration however

18. American Museum Of Natural History | R E S O U R C E S -for- L E A R N I N G
    Students examine how map techniques have developed alongside our developing understandingof the globe as they conduct research on exploration in antarctica.  
    http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/antarctica/exploration.php
    
    Extractions: Hazards to Humans REFERENCE LISTS INDEX ... CREDITS P UTTING A NTARCTICA ON THE M AP How have mapping techniques evolved over the past century, and how do they reflect humanity's developing understanding of the planet? To find out, students compare maps from the "heroic age" of Antarctic exploration to those used by today's explorer-scientists. Putting Antarctica on the Map [details]

19. Antarctica - Early Exploration
    Images from the Antarctic Penninsula, and its wildlife including microscopic animals,along with a brief history of the early exploration of antarctica.  
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/8947/explore.htm

20. Antarctica: History Of Exploration
    In 1991, 24 nations signed a protocol to the 1959 treaty barring for50 years the exploration of antarctica for oil or minerals.  
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856635.html
    
    Extractions: Encyclopedia Antarctica Cook . He did not see the continent as he circumnavigated the world, but he was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. British and U.S. seal hunters followed him to South Georgia, an island in the S Atlantic. In 1819 the British mariner William Smith discovered the South Shetland Islands. Returning in 1820, he and James Bransfield of the British navy explored and roughly mapped the Shetlands and part of the shore of the Antarctic Peninsula. Searching for rookeries, sealers explored the coastal and offshore regions of the Antarctic Peninsula. Most notable were the British captains James Weddell, George Powell, and Robert Fildes and the Americans Nathaniel B. Palmer, Benjamin Pendleton, Robert Johnson, and John Davis. Davis made the first landing on the antarctic continent (Feb. 7, 1821) at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula. First to spend the winter in Antarctica, on King George Island in 1821, were 11 men from the wrecked British vessel Lord Mellville.

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