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  1. South Pole: A Narrative History of the Exploration of Antarctica (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Anthony Brandt, 2004-10-05
  2. 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
  3. Edge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica A Personal and Historical Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, Tragedy, and Survival by Charles Neider, 2001-10-25
  4. An Alien in Antarctica: Reflections upon Forty Years of Exploration and Research on the Frozen Continent by Charles Swithinbank, 1997
  5. Assault on Eternity: Richard E.Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica, 1946-47 by Lisle A. Rose, 1980-08
  6. Antarctica: Exploration, Perception and Metaphor by Paul Simpson-Housley, 1992-09-16
  7. Antarctica (Exploration and Discovery.) by Stephen Currie, 2003-12-05
  8. Exploration (Antarctica) by Greg Reid, 2005-07-30
  9. Antarctic Miscellany: Books, Periodicals and Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica
  10. The Frigid Mistress: Life and Exploration in Antarctica by George A. Doumani, 1999-05
  11. Antarctica As an Exploration Frontier--Hydrocarbon Potential, Geology, and Hazards/Book With Maps (Aapg Studies in Geology)
  12. Through the frozen frontier;: The exploration of Antarctica by George John Dufek, 1959
  13. Explorations of Antarctica: The Last Unspoilt Continent by G.E. Fogg, David Smith, 1991-09-12
  14. A WORLD OF MEN : EXPLORATION IN ANTARCTICA by WALLY HERBERT, 1969

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,
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Books on Antarctica
Murray-Smith, Stephen; Senbergs, Jan (illustrated by). Sitting on penguins: People and politics in Australian Antarctica.

Sydney, Hutchinson, 1988 8vo. Hardcover. 249pp. Index. + colour plates. B/w illus. Very good. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Sitting on penguins: People and politics in Australian Antarctica.
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Johnson, Stanley Antarctica The Last Great Wilderness
London. Weidenfeld And Nicolson. 1985. Large 8vo. hardcover. 206pp. index. maps. very good, owner's inscription on fep. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Antarctica The Last Great Wilderness
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McPherson, John G. Footprints on a Frozen Continent
Hicks Smith + Sons. Sydney. 1975. First Edition 4to. hardcover. 152pp. index. colour photos, maps. very good+. / very good d/w, lightly chipped top edge. Keywords: antarctica exploration antarctic ice snow Price: McPherson, John G. Footprints on a Frozen Continent Hicks Smith + Sons. Sydney. 1975. First Edition 4to. hardcover. 152pp. index. colour photos, maps. very good+. / very good d/w, lightly chipped top edge. Keywords: antarctica exploration antarctic ice snow Price: Australia Post Antarctica Australia: Australia Post, 1990 4to32pp. colour illus. Laminated Boards, hardcover. includes poster and set of four Antartic stamps enclosed in presentation card. All fine.

2. Recommended Books On Historical South Pole Expeditions And Antarctic Exploration
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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
Development of an autonomous rover
for exploration and scientific investigation
in Antarctica
Siena, June 1999
Contents
1 Aims of the project
2 Research group

3 External collaborators

4 Students
...
7.5 Meteorites
1 Aims of the project
2 Research group
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
3 External collaborators
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
4 Students
Annalisa Cavallini Giulio Putti Serena Paolini Massimo Pasqualetti Elena Peccianti
5 Research activity in 1998-1999
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
Exploration
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
Trace the very beginnings of human interaction with Antarctica and consider how human activity in the region has altered over time.

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
Discover more about Dumont d'Urville and the dangers and difficulties he faced exploring the Antarctic in the 19th century.

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
Development of an autonomous rover
for exploration and scientific investigation
in Antarctica
Siena, June 1999
Contents
1 Aims of the project
2 Research group

3 External collaborators

4 Students
...
7.5 Meteorites
1 Aims of the project
2 Research group
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
3 External collaborators
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
4 Students
Annalisa Cavallini Giulio Putti Serena Paolini Massimo Pasqualetti Elena Peccianti
5 Research activity in 1998-1999
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
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)
Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer
(US)
As captain of the Hero, Nathaniel Palmer made the first sighting of the Antarctic continent just below South America. This area later became known at Palmer Peninsula. Captain James Weddell (Great Britain)
Captain Weddell cruised around the South Orkneys and South Shetland islands and found a deep bay east of Palmer Peninsula now known as the Weddell Sea. Sir James Clark Ross (Great Britain)
In searching for the south magnetic pole, Ross found and named Cape Adare and the huge ice shelf that now bears his name. Carstens Egeberg Borchgrevink (Norway)
This party went ashore at Cape Adare and is credited with making the first landing on the Antarctic mainland.

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
Exploration
The continent of Antarctica was the last real land frontier in the 20th century, and its early explorers set themselves the goal of reaching the South Pole, and exploring the rest of the continent.

Robert F. Scott's 'Discovery' expedition early in the 1900's made an initial attempt to reach the Pole. Although they made it further than any previous expedition, they were unable to make it all the way.
In 1908, Ernest Shackleton, one of the members of Scott's first party, returned to the Antarctic as leader of the 'Nimrod' expedition, and came to within 150 km of the Pole before returning to base at McMurdo Sound.
Then a Norwegian expedition, led by Roald Amundsen, along with a second expedition by Scott, set out for the South Pole. It became a race.
The race ended on December 14, 1911, when Amundsen and four others arrived at the South Pole after an uneventful and carefully prepared overland journey. Their return also went without problems. It didn't go so well for Scott's party, however.
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.
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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
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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
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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]
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This unit investigates the history of Antarctic exploration and research. Students examine how map techniques have developed alongside our developing understanding of the globe as they conduct research on exploration in Antarctica.
PDF [plugins: Adobe Acrobat; filesize: 3000kb] [pages: 21] Research on the Web: Maps Through History [details] Activity for grades 6 and up Students examine historical maps and modern-day versions to understand how the science of cartography has developed, along with our understanding of the globe, particularly Antarctica. Webpage PDF [plugins: Adobe Acrobat; filesize: 1000kb] [pages: 4]

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

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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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