| The South Pole: A Historical Reader Contributor(s): Brandt, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792267974 ISBN-13: 9780792267973 Publisher: National Geographic Society OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2004 Annotation: The words of the great explorers of Antarctica--James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd--are gathered together in this gripping narrative history of the race to reach the South Pole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Polar Regions - Travel | Polar Regions |
| Dewey: 919.890 |
| LCCN: 2004052414 |
| Series: National Geographic Adventure Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.08" W x 9.06" (1.41 lbs) 463 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The discovery and exploration of Antarctica is revealed through memoirs, letters, and ship's logs, including James Cook's first glimpse of the South Pole in the eighteenth century, as well as Richard Byrd's winter in Antarctica alone. Reprint. |