1912 : the year the world discovered Antarctica by Turney, Chris, 1973- instant download

1912 : the year the world discovered Antarctica by Turney, Chris, 1973- instant download

358 p. : 24 cm, Chronciles the 1912 expeditions to Antarctica, including those by Roald Amundsen, Wilhelm Filchner, and Douglas Mawson, Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-343) and index, Looking Polewards : early ventures South -- An audacious plan : Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 -- A new land : Robert Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913 -- Of reindeer, ponies, and automobiles : Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian bid for the South Pole, 1910-1912 -- The Dash Patrol : Nobu Shirase and the Japanese South Polar Expedition, 1910-1912 -- Locked in : Wilhelm Filchner and the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912 -- Ice-cold in Denison : Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1913 -- Martyrs to Gondwanaland : the cost of scientific exploration -- Appendix. Lord Curzon's notes