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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Chapters: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 243. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (191417), also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911, this crossing from sea to sea remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings". The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognised instead as an epic of endurance. Shackleton had served in the Antarctic on Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition, 190104, and had led the British Antarctic Expedition, 190709. In this new expedition he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay, in preparation for a transcontinental march through the South Pole to the Ross Sea. A supporting group, the Ross Sea party, would meanwhile travel to the opposite side of the continent, establish camp in McMurdo Sound, and from there lay a series of supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. These depots would be essential for the transcontinental party's survival, as the party would not be able to carry enough provisions for the entire crossing. The expedition required two ships; Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party, and Aurora, under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh, for the Ross Sea party. Endurance became beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea before reaching Vahsel Bay, and despite efforts to free her she drifted northward, held in the pack ice, throughout the Antarctic winter of 1915. Eventually the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2183356 ... Read more

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Chapters: Antarctica Service Medal, Polar Medal, A Device, Australian Antarctic Medal, Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal, United States Antarctic Expedition Medal, Maudheim medal,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Antarctica Service Medal was established by the United States Congress on July 7, 1960 under Public Law 600 of the 86th Congress. The decoration was intended as a military award to replace several commemorative decorations which had been issued for previous Antarctica expeditions from 1928 to 1941. The following commemorative medals were declared obsolete, following the creation of the Antarctica Service Medal. The Antarctica Service Medal is considered a decoration of the United States military, issued in the name of the Department of Defense, and is authorized for wear on active duty uniforms. The medal may also be awarded to U.S. civilians, but after the initial award, the civilian may only wear the miniature or the lapel pin depending on the occasion. To qualify for the Antarctica Service Medal, personnel must serve between fifteen to thirty days stationed on the Antarctic continent, defined as south of 60 degrees latitude. Flight crews performing transport missions to Antarctica qualify for one day of service for each flight mission performed within a twenty four hour time period. The Arctic equivalents of the Antarctica Service Medal are the Navy Arctic Service Ribbon, the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal and the Air Force Overseas Service Ribbon with Arctic "A" Device. For those personnel performing extended winter service in Antarctica, a Wintered Over Device is authorized. The "Wintered Over" bar is only worn on the full-size medal's suspension ribbon. The smaller "disc" device is worn on the uniform ribbon to recognize thi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=773691 ... Read more

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Shortlisted, Individual Category, Centre for Australian Cultural Studies National Awards 1997On Boxing Day in 1947, members of the first Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) gathered around a makeshift flag pole for a ceremony of possession at Atlas Cove on Australia s remote Southern Ocean outpost of Heard Island. So began the life of a unique Antarctic community which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 1997.The Silence Calling is the culmination of four years' work by noted broadcaster and historian Tim Bowden, who was commissioned by the Australian Antarctic Division to write the ANARE jubilee history. A fascinating and often moving account, it traces the development of ANARE from that first settlement up to the present day. Thousands of men and women from all over Australia and from many backgrounds have lived, worked and, indeed, played in that dangerous, hostile and overwhelmingly beautiful environment to become part of Australia s Antarctic legend.However, The Silence Calling is not just about personal endeavour and hardship. It is about exploration, discovery and Australia s significant contribution to international ... Read more

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Great pictures and tons of excellent stories
I spent 4 month on an Australian Station (Casey, No 1 station, best home brew (thanks to Pitty) and extensive skiing area) and I read the book with a smile in my face. All the little stories which really happen and theunbelievible light making this continent so unique are in this book. If youare intrested in live at the most isolated area of the world of a grimmcold environment, countless parties of men and women behaving likechildren, a breathtaking nature and the technical phaenomens which onlyoccure deep down under, than grap this book. It's worth the 58 bucks theyare asking for.

A must buy for all Australian Antarctic veterans - Get it!
Tim Bowden has captured the history and anecdotes of Antarctica very well.I loved the book and it is a treasured edition on my bookshelf. Thefact that I am an Australian whose name appears among the lists of thosepriveledged few to visit the great white land is another reason forpurchasing this great book.If you have wintered in the sub-antarctic oron the Continent itself at an Australian base, then your name too willappear in the entries at the back. Its a great read for those who areinterested in the history of Australians in antarctica.

Well done Tim -and thanks.

(P.s. Tim, I was the bloke who invited you to spendmid-winters day at Macca in 93!! ;-) ... Read more

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Without discrediting the expedition's success or Admiral Richard Byrd's leadership, this book makes clear for the first time that the admiral was not the saintly hero he and the press depicted. A provocative reassessment of an American hero, but a scrupulously objective book that makes a major contribution to history. Photographs. ... Read more

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Based on over fifteen years of research, Antarctica Unveiled tells the story of Robert Falcon ScottÂ’s first Antarctic expedition, and expedition that has largely been erased from public perception by the mass attention devoted to the drama of his last expedition.

David E. Yelverton first recounts the half-century of campaigning that led to a pan European assault on the unknown continent at the dawn of the twentieth century. The book takes the reader along on the Discovery Expedition and into the terrain that faced Scott and his companions they led parties into unknown-and often dauntingly mountainous-territory to bring back the data and specimens that launched a century of research. Moreover. Yelverton analyzes the inexorable factors that governed ScottÂ’s conduct of the expedition and contrasts the poignant erosion of his hopes with the achievement of goals-proof that the Antarctic Continent existed and the location of the South Magnetic Pole-to which the expeditionÂ’s patrons attached their greatest hopes.

The book concludes with an account of the buildup of the race for the Pole that was the almost inevitable aftermath of ScottÂ’s achievement. Illustrated with more than 40 remarkable black-and-white photographs, Antarctica Unveiled is a must for the armchair traveler, historian, and Antarctic enthusiast. ... Read more

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A scholarly work
Historian David Yelverton takes a long overdue look at Scott's Discovery expedition, the first significant attempt to probe the interior of that great southern continent. He pays great attention to Scott's difficulties in securing funds, crew, supplies and so forth. And, of course, Yelverton writes at length on the Discovery herself, an leaky craft that would have never made it south were it not for the constant struggle at the pumps.There is also a good deal on the cooperative effort with the Germans (!) on making often difficult magnetic observations, one of the principal reasons for the expedition in the first place.

This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of the Antartic continent, Scott and, to a lesser degree, Shackleton. It is, without question, the most complete review of the Discovery expedition.

Although Scott's disaster in 1912 overshadows the Discovery effort, it could be said (and this is the point of "Unveiled") that there was much more meaningful work accomplished during this 1901-03 expedition.

Most readers will find "Unveiled" ponderous a times, although that is to be expected in a work of this depth and precision. I was disappointed with the occasional childish snipes at Roland Huntford's monumental "Last Place on Earth," a book that is a sore point with Scott's many fans. It'stoo bad that writers on Antarctic exploration feel as if they have to be one side of the fence or the other. Scott accomplished more than most other polar explorers -- but he also made many, many blunders.

But, in the main, "Antartic Unveiled" is worth looking into.

A less negative look at Scott's first expedition
Recent writings on Antarctic exploration have not been kind to Scott's leadership. If you're interested in a different look at the man (to some degree) and the first (Discovery) expedition try this book.The author gives one a sense of life on the expedition and takes one along through daily life on the ship, over the winter and on the sledging journies. Heavy on detail and a bit too focused on 'righting the wrongs' of Huntford, etc., the result seems an extremely well-researched view of the scientific goals and results of the expedition. (And, perhaps the author can be forgiven for the emphasis on righting wrongs--previous works have certainly emphasized contrary views.)I've long felt that viewing the turn-of-the-century expeditions through today's 'lens' is problematic. Scott and the others were English men of their time and subject to those values, just as we are products of our time.I recommend the work to those interested in a detailed view of that first expedition, how its course affected the Terra Nova expedition, and a different view of the explorers and the expedition--placed in their time. ... Read more

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In this combination of journal entries and discussion, the author outlines the major problems in today's management of the Antarctic and seriously questions the motives of various countries' involvement in research in this region. ... Read more

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This volume provides an overview of the experiences and results gained from oceanographic observations and research in Antarctica - in particular the Ross Sea - with the aim of providing guidelines for future developments and identifying future research needs. A general description and discussion of the oceanography of the Southern Ocean, and in particular of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is given and the linkages between circulation and particle flux and biogenic elements are explored. This up-to-date data analysis and modelling effort contributes to a more complete understanding of the Ross Sea as a dynamical and ecological system and will be of great interest to scientists involved in physical oceanography, meteorology, climate and marine biological research. ... Read more

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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd left the States on October 13, 1928, aboard the C.A. Larsen, headed for New Zealand. The Bolling, City of New York, and James Clark Ross, all loaded with the necessary planes, dogs, men and equipment, and had been dispatched previously. When all of the ships reached New Zealand, they condensed the load to only two ships, the Bolling and the City of New York. The expedition ultimately would reach the Ross Ice Shelf on December 28, 1928. Days of laborious unloading supplies and building shelters followed the Expedition's arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named "Little America." Aside from an administration buildingand bunk house, the complex included three radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangers for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica. ... Read more

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In this new series by award-winning author Sandra Markle, famous explorers take a back seat to the animals they encountered along the way. While Robert Scott and his crew weren't the first to reach the South Pole, they were the first to see an emperor penguin breeding ground. Through nimble writing and beautiful paintings, this series casts the past in a whole new light! ... Read more

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The danger and excitement of Antarctic exploration are unmatched in the annals of adventure travel. Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme surveys four centuries and 40 expeditions to Antarctica, recounting, often in the explorers' own words, the wonders and the catastrophes they encountered. Fabulous sights, hair-raising escapes, and macabre deaths from storms and scurvy attended Ferdinand Magellan's 1520 passage through the southern straits and Captain John Biscoe's 1830 Antarctic circumnavigation. Nineteenth-century sealing and whaling expeditions from around the world are chronicled, and Ernest Shackleton's, Roald Amundsen's, and Robert Scott's anguishing trials of body and spirit in their separate struggles to reach the South Pole early in the 20th century are detailed. A final section describes Antarctica today, detailing the wildlife and geology of a region that is drawing an increasing number of visitors who, like the adventurers before them, are fascinated by the isolation, beauty, and challenge of the continent. ... Read more

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Context of antarctic exploration
Landis does a wonderful job of providing a grand historical context for the impact of Antarctica on human thought and exploration.She begins in ancient Greece and follows the development of the "world views" of succeeding civilizations, until the birth of the idea of Antarctica.

Into this context she places the intrepid men who sailed out and sought this legendary land since the 1500s.Most interesting is her depiction of the great explorers for the rogues gallery they were, as opposed to the sanitized versions from history books. Many were in league with the monarchy of their country seizing plunder from their enemies and seeking to extend the influence of the monarchs they served.

The entire book is worth buying for the beautifully crafted first part which delivers a historical, philosophical and at the same time very personal context for understanding the role Antarctica has played through the ages.

A thorough account of the exploration of Antarctica.
This small book covers every successful and some unsuccessful attempts to conquer the southern continent.It covers the entire period, from captain Cooks first sightings of ice around Antarctica through to the present where Antarcticas frigid landscape is dotted with international stations.This is a thorough investigation of the worlds attempts to conquer a barren frigid continent, from attaining the `grail' of the South Pole to charting the landscape of Mt. Erebus.A good account and an excellent overview.

Separate sections detail exploration of the various seas(Weddel and Ross) as well as the continents wildlife and resources.

A great overview of the continent - could have been better
Antarctica represents for many the final frontier on a greatly explored Earth. Yet for such an unknown land (Terra Incognita) it has exerted a strong pull on the imagination of adventurers and explorers for hundreds of years. Some of the stories are not well known, others are exhaustively chronicles, such as explorations by Byrd and Shackelford. Landis takes an overview position, presenting stories briefly, to try and weave a tapestry of exploration, adventure and danger. As a result, some of the stories seem to get the short shrift, but an exhaustive history of the continent is not the objective. It is an overview exploration that she is getting at, written by one who has obviously fallen in love with the continent. It's a great starting off point for those who are interested or falling in love with Antarctica.

But the book suffers from a major flaw that so many other books on Antarctica suffer - the lack of maps and illustration. She takes great pains to describe details of trips, discoveries, and pushes towards the pole, yet there is only a rough map of explorations (which does not neatly correspond with what is being written about) and one somewhat detailed map inside the cover, which is inadequate and does not even show the entire continent. I found myself frustrated and turning to other atlases to try and put her descriptions into real life context. It keeps the book from really reaching some of its potential.

Also, in the last chapter of the book, Landis goes on to describe the animal life of Antarctica, which is very good. But it quickly gets boring and tedious with no illustration of the animals she is describing.Again, to differentiate between the various types of penguins or seals would be helpful to see what is being written about. Instead we are forced to work with the mind's eye, which is a sin when trying to introduce the wonder and diversity of life.

These deficiencies keep a good book from being a great book. Still, worth giving a chance, if nothing else that to give yourself a glimpse into an area many of us yearn for, but few will ever get to see.

Good compendium, but that's all
This book is a compendium of the history, exploration, wildlife, geology etc. of Antarctica. As such it is well structured and you needn't read it from end to end -- you could focus on explorations, for example, or read descriptions of the types of seals and penguins. There is even a page near the end listing travel agencies that sponsor trips.This last makes me think the book is designed as a kind of primer for people interested in Antarctica as a destination. It also makes a good, if short, reference to have on the shelf if you suddenly can't remember who discovered the Antarctic Peninsula or the dates of treaties.

However, for true fans of exploration acounts, note that there is nothing new here, and the stories of individual journeys are quite brief. The author also has no opinions or new scholarship on offer -- the tone is journalistic and rather cold -- except for one instance, which is mentioning over and over the awful whale and seal killing in the 19th century.I think it is very bad scholarship to "PC the past," when clearly people of an earlier period can't be held to the same standards we have today for treatment of the environment, because they simply didn't know, as we do now, what the impacts of their actions might be. (And knowing hasn't really made us better stewards either.)

One other problem is that there is one tiny map in the front of the book, very difficult to read, and so the journeys described throughout are hard to visualize -- a series of maps would have been more helpful than the murky, featureless photographs that are used to head up each chapter.

An excellent coverage of various Antarctic expeditions
400 years of exploration history and adventure are charted in this survey of various attempts to reach the South Pole. From early whaling expeditions and attempts to chart the magnetic south pole to later explorations for wildlife studies and resource management, this provides an excellent coverage of various Antarctic expeditions over the decades. ... Read more

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An inspiration story for children
I purchased this book after taking a couple of photography classes from the gentleman who illustrated it.I found it to be a good read which was nicely illustrated even in my adult years. I passed it along to siblings with children and they all enjoyed it. It is a nice inspirational story with historical significance. Highly recommended.

My nieces and nephews loved this book!
I have 8 nieces and nephews, ranging in age from 1 to 12, and bought a few of these books for them as a gift.THEY LOVED IT!
The younger ones loved all the colorful pictures and drawings, and the opportunity in the back of the book to "Draw their own Dream", and the older children loved the adventure and excitement as the journey unfolded.It made for great nighttime reading with the children for several nights in a row during my visit, and will be a keepsake amongst their collection.Fantastic! ... Read more

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In anticipation of the attention that will surround the 1991 renegoiation of the Antarctica Treaty, this classic illiustrated volume has been thoroughly updated to include all major developments of the past five years. A discussion of the ozone hole over Antartica has been added, stressing its environmental importance to the rest of the world. 510 color photos; 362 black-and-white photos. ... Read more

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Explore with the explorers
This coffee-table sized book doesn't contain information you can't find elsewhere, but what makes it so special are the many, many photographs. When you read the exploits of the Frozen Continent's explorers, these photos transport you from the comfort of your sofa into the frozen wastelands.

The combination of highly readable and informative text and the great photos makes this a great book for anyone interested in exploration. ... Read more