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See ' Antarctic Books Due and Works-in-Progress '—elsewhere on this site—for works yet to be published. INDEX OF BOOKS INCLUDED BY AUTHOR: SOME ANTARCTIC E-BOOKS Some Antarctic E-books Airey, Len and John Elliot, illustrator. On Antarctica Aldridge, Don. The Rescue of Captain Scott Amundsen, Roald. The Roald Amundsen Diaries: The South Pole Expedition [Antarctic Heritage Trust]. Conservation Report; Shackleton's Hut Anthony, Jason.

Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day and other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine Ayres, Philip. A Life Barczewski, Stephanie. The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia; A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology Baughman, T. Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition Belanger, Dian Olson.

Deep Freeze; The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science Bickel, Lennard. The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic Bomann-Larsen, Tor. Roald Amundsen Boothe, Joan N. Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region. The South Pole Journals Brackett, Geoffrey L. At the End of the Earth: How Polar Ice and Imagination Shape the World Bryan, Rorke.

Ships of the Antarctic Bulkeley, Rip. Bellingshausen and the Russian Antarctic Expedition, Bull, Colin. Innocents in the Dry Valleys Burke, David Body at the Melbourne Club Burton, Robert Southern Horizons; The History of the British Antarctic Territory Burton, Robert and Stephen Venables Shackleton at South Georgia Butler, Angie The Quest for Frank Wild Campbell, R. The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyages of the Brig Williams, and the Journal of Midshipman C.

The South Polar Times Vol IV Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World Coleman, E. The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Frobisher to Ross Coleman, E. The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Franklin to Scott Daly, Regina W. Behind the Scenes of the Nimrod Expedition Day, David Antarctica: A Biography Crane, David Scott of the Antarctic; A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South Davies, Paul. From South Devon to The South Pole [Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell.

A Biography Duyker, Edward. Dumont d'Urville Fadiman, Anne. Ex Libris; Confessions of a Common Reader Feeney, Robert E. Polar Journeys; The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration Fiennes, Ranulph. Captain Scott Forster, Georg. Cook, the Discoverer Fox, William L. Terra Antarctica; Looking into the Emptiest Continent Fox, William L.

The Antarctic from Circle to Pole essay Gillespie, Noel Courage Sacrifice Devotion; The History of the US Navy Antarctic VXE-6 Squadron Glines, Carroll V. Bernt Balchen, Polar Aviator Gurney, Alan. The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic Goodlad, James A.

The Antarctic from Circle to Pole introduction Haddelsey, Stephen. Born Adventurer—The Life of Frank Bickerton Antarctic Pioneer Haddelsey, Stephen. The Life of J. Operation Tabarin Haddelsey, Stephen.

Fuchs, Hillary and the Crossing of Antarctica Hall, Lincoln. Douglas Mawson--The Life of an Explorer Hart, Ian B. A History of the Pioneer Modern Whaling Company in the Antarctic Heacox, Kim.

The Antarctic Challenged Headland, Robert K. A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration Hermelo, Ricardo S. When The Corvette Uruguay was Dismasted: The Return of the Uruguay from The Antarctic In Hince, Bernadette, Rupert Summerson and Arnan Wiesel, editors.

Antarctica; Music, Sounds and Cultural Connections Hince, Bernadette. The Antarctic Dictionary Hince, Bernadette, editor. Frank Stillwell's Antarctic Diaries Hirzel, David. Tom Crean Hirzel, David. Tom Crean Hodgson, Barbara. Hippolyte's Island Hoflehner, Josef and Katharina photographs and David L. Frozen History; The Legacy of Scott and Shackleton Hooper, Meredith.

The Ferocious Summer; Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica Hooper, Meredith. The Longest Winter; Scott's Other Heroes Hooper, Meredith and Lucia deLeiris, illustrator. The Hidden Worlds of Antarctica's Wildlife Huntford, Roland. Race for the South Pole; The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen. Diary of John George Hunter. Australasian Antarctic Expedition Hunter, Jenny M. Diary of John George Hunter Australasian Antarctic Expedition Huntford, Roland, introduction by.

The Shackleton Voyages; A Pictorial Anthology of the Polar Explorer and Edwardian Hero Hurley, Frank. South with Endurance; Shackleton's Antarctic ExpeditionThe Photographs of Frank Hurley Johnson, Charls W. Ice Ship; The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram Jones, Aubrey A. Scott's Forgotten Surgeon; Dr Reginald Koettlitz, Polar Explorer Jones, Max, Edited by.

Captain Scott's Last Expedition Jones, Max. The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice Karrow, Robert W. White and Patrick Morris, compilers. Fitzgerald Collection of Polar Books, Maps, and Art at the Newberry Library, A Catalogue Kelly, John.

An Antarctic Journal Keough, Pat and Rosemarie. The Antarctic from Circle to Pole Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig; translated by William Barr. South Georgia; Gateway to Antarctica Krause, Reinhard A. The Magic of Antarctic Colours Lagerbom, Charles H. Bowers Lambert, Katherine Hell with a Capital H; An Epic Story of Antarctic Survival Lankford, Nelson D. Byrd and the Legacy of Polar Exploration Larson, Edward J.

Public Science for a Global Empire: The British Quest for the South Magnetic Pole Leane, Dr Elizabeth. Antarctica in Fiction; Imaginative Narratives of the Far South Leane, Dr Elizabeth. Representations of Antarctica—A Bibliography Lewis-Jones, Huw. Face to Face Polar Portraits Lipton, David L.

Some Ideas about the Far South before the Western European Age of Discovery Locke, Stephen. Shackleton's Antarctic Artist MacKenzie, Julian and Lisa Milton and Richard Kossow. The "Taurus" Collection; Collectible Books on the Antarctic. A Bibliography MacPhee, Ross D. Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the Pole Madigan, C. The Antarctic Diaries of C. The Wide White Page; Writers Imagine Antarctica Martin, Stephen.

A History of Antarctica [Mawson, Douglas. Shackleton; A Life in Poetry McElrea, Richard and David Harrowfield Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party of Sir Ernest Shackleton McGonigal, David and Lynn Woodworth. The Complete Story McGregor, Alasdair.

A Photographer's Life McKernan, Victoria. Shackleton's Stowaway McOrist, Wilson. Shackleton's Heroes; the epic story of the men who kept the Endurance expedition alive [Mill, Hugh Robert, and Emily Shackleton] Rejoice My Heart: The Making of H. Mill's "The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton"; The Private Correspondence of Dr. Hugh Robert Mill and Lady Shackleton, Mills, Leif. Frank Wild Mills, William James. Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer Mueller, Melinda.

What the Ice Gets; Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition Murphy, David Thomas. German Exploration of the Polar World: A History, Murphy, Shane. Endurance in the Antarctic [postcards] Murphy, Shane, editor. Shackleton's Photographer; Frank Hurley's Endurance Diaries Murray, James and George Marston. Antarctic Days—Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton's Men Nasht, Simon. The Last Explorer; Hubert Wilkins, Australia's Unknown Hero Nugent, Frank.

Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish Polar Explorers Paine, M. Footsteps on the Ice; The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd Expedition Pawson, Ken.

To a Lonely Land I Know" Perkins, Dennis N. Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition Philbrick, Nathaniel. Sea of Glory; America's Voyage of Discovery, the U. Exploring Expedition Pierce, Richard. Dead Men Piggott, Dr Jan, editor, and others.

The Antarctic and Endurance Pimentel, Jean. Scott of the Antarctic and Plymouth's Antarctic Connections - a brochure Poncet, Sally and Kim Crosbie A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia Pool, Beekman H. The World of Lincoln Ellsworth Poulsom, Lieutenant Colonel Neville W. British Polar Exploration and Research; A Historical and Medallic Record with Biographies Pyne, Steven J. The Antarctic from Circle to Pole essay Raeside, Adrian Return to Antarctica: The Amazing Adventure of Sir Charles Wright on Robert Scott's Journey to the South Pole Rajala, Elizabeth Anna Bakewell.

The American on the Endurance; Ice, Seas, and Terra Forma Adventures of William L. The Private Journal of William Reynolds, United States Exploring Expedition, Riffenburgh, Beau, Aurora; Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Riffenburgh, Beau, Ernest Shackleton Riffenburgh, Beau, Racing with Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer Riffenburgh, Beau.

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition; The Voyage of the Nimrod Riffenburgh, Beau, et al. With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition Roberts, David. Alone on the Ice Robson, John. Captain Cook's World; Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R. Antarctica's First Lady Rose, Lisle A. The Life of Richard E. Byrd Rosove, Michael H. Antarctica, ; Freestanding Publications through Rosove, Michael H. Additions and Corrections Supplement to the Rosove Antarctic Bibliography.

Antarctic Explorers [Rosove, Michael H. Hugh Robert Mill and Lady Shackleton, Rosove, Michael H. The Return of the Uruguay from The Antarctic In Ross, Chet Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of - A Bibliography Rossiter, Heather. Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer: The Life of Herbert Dyce Murphy Royds, Lieutenant Charles W R RN.

The Diary of Lieutenant Charles W R Royds RN Expedition to the Antarctic Rubin, Jeff. Train Oil and Snotters; Eating Antarctic Wild Foods Sale, Richard. Polar Reaches Sanders, Damien, annotated by.

A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. The Voyages of the Discovery Sellick, Douglas R. First Impressions Shackleton, Sir Ernest H. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Shackleton, Ernest, L.

Bernacchi and Apsley Cherry-Garrard, editors. The South Polar Times Vols I-III Shackleton, Jonathan and John MacKenna Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica Shirase, Nobu The Japanese South Polar Expedition A Record of Antarctica Shirihai, Hadoram The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife Icy Deceits and Untold Realities Skelton, J.

Bignon Scott and Charcot at the col du Lautaret: Another Little Job for the Tinker Skelton, J. Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition Smith, Michael. Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor Smith, Michael Captain Francis Crozier; Last Man Standing?

Great Endeavour; Ireland's Antarctic Explorers Smith, Michael. I am just Going Outside Smith, Michael. The Remarkable Adventures of Antarctic Explorer Tom Crean Smith, Michael. James Wordie Polar Crusader; Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic Smith, Michael.

By Endurance We Conquer Smith, Michael Tom Crean; An Illustrated Life Smith, Thomas W. A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings… Smithsonian Institution. A Biography of Frank Worsley Smithsonian Institution. Exploring Expedition Online Solomon, Susan. The Coldest March Speak, Peter.

Deb; Geographer, Scientist, Antarctic Explorer Speak, Peter. Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist Stam, David H. Antarctica; An Encyclopedia, 2nd edition Stillwell, Frank. Bernadette Hince, Editor, Still no Mawson: Frank Stillwell's Antarctic Diaries Stone, Gregory S. Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg Stonehouse, Bernard, Edited by. Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans Strange, Carolyn and Alison Bashford.

Visionary, Environmentalist, Explorer Strathie, Anne. Birdie Bowers; Captain Scott's Marvel Strathie, Anne. From Ice Floes to Battlefields: Scott's 'Antarctics' In the First World War Stump, Edmund.

The Roof at the Bottom of the World Summers, Debbie. A Visitor's Guide to the Falkland Islands Swithinbank, Charles. Vodka on Ice; A Year with the Russians in Antarctica Taaffe, Seamus, editor. Nimrod; The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School.

Vol 1 Taaffe, Seamus, editor. Vol 2 Taaffe, Seamus, editor. Vol 3 Taaffe, Seamus, editor. Vols Tarver, Mike The S. Terra Nova Tassi, Nina Carey and Pat Roach. Antarctic Visions Tatham, David, editor. The Dictionary of Falklands Biography including South Georgia Taylor, Stanley Gordon Roberts. Antarctic Diary Thomson, John. The Orde Lees Journal: Elephant Island and Beyond Thomson, John. A Biography of Frank Worsley Trendall, Alec. Putting South Georgia on the Map Trewby, Mary, Edited by.

An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton Tyler-Lewis, Kelly The Lost Men van der Merwe, Pieter, General Editor. The Race for the Pole Walton, David W. British Art from Antarctica, Warr, Michael Murder in the Antarctic Warr, Michael South of Sixty; Life on an Antarctic Base Wheeler, Sara. A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard Williams, Isobel.

Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans Williams, Isobel. With Scott in the Antarctic; Edward Wilson, Explorer, Naturalist, Artist Wilson, David M. The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott Wilson, David M. Nimrod Illustrated Wilson, David M.

Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks Wilson, David M. Edward Wilson's Nature Notebooks Woodfield, Tom. Polar Mariner; beyond the limits in Antarctica Yelverton, David E. Antarctica Unveiled Yelverton, David E. Quest for a Phantom Strait; The Saga of the Pioneer Antarctic Peninsula Expeditions What appears below was sent to me by the publisher. While presenting Captain Scott's journey to the South Pole, the authors entirely neglected ignored fundamental basic issues of its logistics.

In my book I am delivering my verdict from digitizing the logistics of the South Pole journey and the weather conditions reported by Captain Scott and the shore party at Cape Evans.

Based on that and subsequent analysis an entirely new insight has emerged on all aspects of the journey and ultimate deaths of Captain Scott's party. This insight vitally challenges all previous scholarly work on the fate of Captain Scott's party.

By digitizing Captain Scott's journey to the South Pole the author showed that all previously assumed causes of the disaster were insignificant as compared to the psychological collapse of the expedition due to losing the race to Captain Amundsen's team.

This expertly written book is nothing less than a daring challenge to the prevailing views of Captain Robert F. Scott's journey to the South Pole and consequent disaster. Borrowing from various scientific disciplines, Krzysztof Sienicki lucidly argues against each of the presumed causes of Captain Scott and his companions' deaths. By eliminating the alleged causes of the disaster the author provides data and arguments that the deaths Scott, Wilson, and Bowers were a matter of choice rather than fate.

Simpson 11 Captain Robert F. Submission to Nature, Nation, and Deity? It's big and heavy. There's been a lot of buzz about it. It's now sitting with a dozen or more other books to be read so it may be awhile—one could make an Oates joke here. Extract from Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal.

Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between and Starting as a Junior Deck Officer he worked for The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey which in became the British Antarctic Survey.

He played a paramount role in the gradual change from using under-powered and poorly-equipped ships to the professionally-managed and sophisticated vessels of his last command. The arts of exploration and survival during his early years in this majestic but unforgiving continent are described as attempts were made to establish research stations, support science, and survey in totally uncharted, ice-filled waters amidst often ferocious weather.

Dramatic stories are featured such as the near loss of a ship in pack ice, the stranding of another in hurricane force winds and the collapse of an ice-cliff onto the vessel. The pioneers of Antarctic exploration, the area's history, the hardships and incredible achievements of those original seafarers are described.

Yet polar navigation during the author's years was not without peril and the near loss in ice of his first ship, the RRS Shackletonthe demise of her Master, and his ill-judged replacement and consequent dramas are fully told.

After a voyage of enormous responsibility, aged just 25, he transferred to the RRS John Biscoe as Chief Officer under a fine seaman but difficult disciplinarian. The highs and lows of their relationship are told as are vivid descriptions of predicaments they overcame such as being blown ashore in hurricane force winds and beset and crushed in pack ice.

The first ventures of the John Biscoe into the Weddell Sea are recounted with information on the nature and movement of ice, its interrelationship with weather, and the methods of navigation in ice before the age of satellites.

Appointed to command the RRS Bransfieldhe recounts her extraordinary maiden voyage when it was feared she would split in two. The battle with a horrendous storm at the end of his last voyage is fully described together with his final sentimental return to the Falklands. This book has recently arrived and I look forward to reading it. The period of the author's reminiscences isa time of rapid change in the Antarctic. Australian University Press, pp.

Scott's 'Antarctics' in the First World War follows Harry Pennell and others through the war. Four died in the war Pennell, Rennick, Cheetham and New Zealander Jim Dennistounbut a lot of others were injured or lost brothers. There's also walk-on parts for Birdie Bowers' sister went on a troop-ship to nurse in SerbiaGeorge Wyatt the London agentRupert Brooke who shared a tent with and took a photo of Edward Nelson on the way to GallipoliJ.

Barrie, Prime Minister's son Arthur Asquith and, as they say, 'many more'. As I had access to Pennell's journals, I've been able to cover the mysterious death in New Zealand of Terra Nova stoker Robert Brissenden in more detail than has been done before.

The book is due out in September this year. The online version is free of charge. You can view the book online or download pdfs of the entire book or individual chapters. At an Antarctic gathering in Maine this summer, Jason Anthony menioned the book he's been working on about Antarctic food.

He's since e-mailed me this description: The working title is Hoosh: Stories of Antarctic Cuisineand it is to be published by the University of Nebraska Press. No date has been set for publication, but the first full draft of the ms. There will be a round or two of edits, and I'll let you know publication info when the time comes.

As the title suggests, Hoosh is built of Antarctic food stories, starting with the Belgica and an in-depth reading of the heroic age before running chronologically up through the era of Byrd, Ellsworth and Rymill to the NBSAE and the IGY before finally turning to recent years in McMurdo, South Pole and other stations.

Throughout the chronology, Hoosh highlights the tribulations of cooks, the role of diet and often poor nutrition, and the sometimes desperate state of affairs in Antarctic trail food. All the well-known and many lesser-known dramas from the heroic age, often involving the consumption of wildlife or transport dogs and poniesare retold in light of the crucial importance of food in all of them.

Rorke Bryan e-mails to say his book on ships important in Antarctic history "…will be published in August, by The Collins Press, Cork, Ireland…The book is intended to provide a comprehensive history of virtually all the ships which have made a significant contribution to Antarctic research and exploration from the earliest hypothesized voyages right up to John Stewart e-mails to say a new edition of his Antarctica; An Encyclopedia will probably appear in he middle of The first two-volume edition is on the shelf of many Antarcticans.

It's always been a quick reference to turn to. To know more about the first edition than you will ever need to know, go to www. Those issues of the South Polar Times that were published as Volumes I-III—which now bring very high prices in the rare book market--are about to be reprinted for the first time in the near future.

This project—Vol IV—seems now to be stalled. Vols I-III due out by Christmas [now out--see under 'Antarctic Booknotes elsewhere on this site]. Ann Savours is working on the introduction. Word has it that the text will not be reset as volumes I-III were but photo-offset from the original.

Ann Savours mentioned her involvement in this project during her talk at the recent Shackleton Autumn School in Athy. An item in the James Caird Society Newsletter of May reports: Apparently the photographs got lost between the UK and the US.

I heard recently that someone was told that the title will appear later this year. A new publisher is on board—and I spoke with him last month in London—and the project is up and running again. I should be posting more information soon. Well, after ten years or so, Volume IV looks to see the light of day before the end of the year. Ann Savours has written the introduction, John Bonham and perhaps the others who brought out the reprints of Vols I-III back in is the publisher.

No information yet on publication date, price, etc. A recent note from Ann Savours: IV is about to appear in its final state, to be published by SPRI and John Bonham. Chet Ross 's bibliography of Nobu Shirase was launched at the 10th Shackleton Autumn School in Athy, Ireland, on the 22nd of October The Japanese ambassador to Ireland was present at the launch and received a copy from the author. Colin Bullin his most recent book catalogue first in "18 months"has these introductory words to say at the very top of the first page: Late has come and gone.

No recent news on when Bob's 'Chronology' will appear. Stephenson 30 August What's the score, Bob? Stephenson 6 March I actually saw the latest version of the manuscript earlier this month at SPRI, so it exists but there was a sort of indefiniteness as to publication date. Stephenson 28 May At the recent Athy Shackleton Autumn School Bob had bound proofs of the Chronology so it may reach the light of day in the not too distant future. Stephenson 9 November Apparently some problems with maps.

Stephenson 22 May Maps still a problem, but I did see the proofs at SPRI when there this month! Stephenson 29 November I saw Bob in November and he had the bound draft in his hands, but maps still a problem. Stephenson 2 December Earlier this month Bob reported that he has a new publisher and the book might be in the shops by the new year! Stephenson 18 June THIS JUST IN FROM BOB: You have all, undoubtedly many times, heard about the new, rather prolonged, edition of my book on Antarctic chronology.

Ultimately I have some good news. Yesterday afternoon I gave the manuscript, illustrations, maps, histograms, and the rest of it to the publisher. This is now Bernard Quaritch in London, which has been much more help than Cambridge University Press.

Stephen Haddelsey 's next effort: I am now working on the first full biography of Commander Joseph Russell Stenhouse DSO, OBE etc: The book will cover not only Sten's Antarctic work-—on the Aurora and on the Discovery during the s—but also his service as a Q-ship commander and in North Russia during WWI; his adventures in the US during prohibition; his treasure-hunting exploits; and many more.

Already research is progressing well but, as always, I would welcome any information from your readers. The book is to be published by Sutton Publishing in which will mark the th anniversary of Sten's birth. Stenhouse, Ice Captainis progressing very well. Most recently, I have been researching his period in command of Scott's Discovery during the National Oceanographic Expedition of Some absolutely fascinating material has come to light, all of which I will be working into the book.

The book will be published by Sutton Publishing Ltd in October or January I'm very pleased with the book, which I think is my best to date. Certainly Stenhouse's life was a veritable whirlwind of action, and fascinating to research and write about. This title is now in print but Noel Gillespie e-mails to say: At present it's with my publishers and should be on sale later in the year or early next year. At this point, the idea to write a book of the renowned Squadron's illustrious history in Antarctica was conceived and encouraged by my late wife Shirley, along with many old OAE's.

A book had to be written of their exploits in Antarctica, and their story had to be told as a chronicle of their achievements on the frozen continent, their sadness, their joys, their lifetime friendships, and the links they cemented with Christchurch. Like early aviators who had only their wits and reflexes to bring their aircraft down safely, their planes were mere collages of wood, cloth and wire, difficult to control and so sensitive to air currents that even a moderate zephyr could knock them to the ground, while their engines were weak and unreliable, not dissimilar to those early VX-6 aviators, risking their lives, but unlike their early aviation pioneers, the Navy were not risking pride, fame and fortunes, their role was risking their lives to open up the frontier of science and Antarctic exploration.

While other books and publications have been written on Operation Deep Freeze, the part that the famous Air Development Squadron Six played in those 44 years, and the US Navy's role in Antarctica, I believe this is the first book written about the very men and women whose exploits could best be described as the last pioneers of aviation exploration. They were the Boy's Own flying ace heroes, the Biggles of the 20th century, or the Baron von Richthofen's, or the American's Eddie Rickenbacker of World War I 'Flying Circus'.

These young intrepid aviators of VX-6 were continuing the 'Heritage of Kitty Hawk' and their achievements are acknowledge with profound admiration, for their exploits and heroism in the finest traditions of the United States Naval aviation. Of these OAE's, many of whom I never met, yet I have communicated with them over the past three years would consider them all, without exception, life time friends.

I am indeed privileged to have known such a gathering of a bunch of talented and brave aviators who changed Antarctic aviation forever. This is the story of their achievements flying with planes never manufactured to operate in such harsh climates, and recording their enormous contributions made writing this book possible. Their stories are spattered with humour, for humour was part of what life was on the ice.

Their wit, using their tongue savagely at times or charmingly or seductively, was all part of life on the ice in their Jamesway huts. Laughter and seriousness, all happening at the same time, was one way of surviving the isolation and absent families. Beneath the banter there was a pride in what their mates had achieved, and in taking great pleasure in recounting these episodes at length over a long cool beer.

Some paid the ultimate price to advance the cause of science and Antarctic exploration, others have passed away to walk with the angels and catch up with old mates. Men like Eddie Frankiewicz, whose assistance in the writing of this book was immeasurable, although, I never meet Eddie, who passed away on May 9he still sent me original copies of valued personal, precious material, press cuttings and photos.

That was this man's enormous trust in me. Eddie generosity embodies hundreds of other OAE's, all of whom I treat as personal friends with a colourful treasure trove of Antarctic aviation knowledge, who without hesitation searched their minds and memories for me, exchanging e-mails on a regular basis. To all these proud American men and women who have served their country in Antarctic, I have dedicated this book. This is a story of Courage-Sacrifice-Devotion, which just happens to be the Squadron's Motto.

To them Christchurch, New Zealand was their second home for 44 years, and the camaraderie and overwhelming hospitality they received from the folk of Christchurch was two way, and the day the squadron said farewell to the city in February after their decommissioning, was indeed a sad day, but memories of their occupation will last in the hearts of New Zealanders for many years.

It would be impossible to acknowledge all those who have assisted in the writing of this book, as at times I felt inadequate to undertake such a project. I have taken every possible care to check and recheck all information. This is their story, told by the OAE's themselves, although contributions have come from many sources, every endeavour has been made, recognizing the fact that some stories related could vary a little or be coloured from the actual truth due to the intervening 50 years, but stories which still illustrate their comradeship in what must have been the most taxing and remote peacetime military operation in history.

I am grateful to the United States Navy, the US Naval News and all private collections for permission to publish all the photos herein as well as other material. To acknowledge everyone who contributed would be a volume in itself.

David Tatham spoke about his on-going project of editing a biographical dictionary focusing on the Falkland Islands—he was once Governor—at last fall's Shackleton Autumn School in Athy. Here are some details from the brochure that was handed out: The Dictionary of Falklands Biography describes people concerned with the history of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia from the first discoverers in the sixteenth century up to the eve of the Falklands Conflict of Entries range from brief notes on lesser personalities to essays of 3, words on some of the leading figures.

The project's website reports that it is due this month. I seem to recall that I was told earlier this month while in England that it is now available. Stephenson 21 June EXPLORER: THE LIFE OF RICHARD E. BYRD by Lisle A.

University of Missouri Press, Stuart Paine was a dog driver, radio operator, and navigator on the fifty-six-man expedition, the bold and complex venture that is now famous for Byrd's dramatic rescue from Bolling Advance Weather Base located miles inland.

Paine's diaries represent the only published contemporary account written by a member of the Second Expedition. They reveal a behind-the-scenes look at the contentiousness surrounding the planned winter rescue of Byrd and offer unprecedented insights into the expedition's internal dynamics.

Equally riveting is Paine's breathtaking narrative of the fall and summer field operations as the field parties depended on their own resources in the face of interminable uncertainty and peril.

Undertaking the longest and most hazardous sledging journey of the expedition, Paine guided the first American party from the edge of the Ross Sea more than seven hundred miles up the Ross Ice Shelf and the massive Thorne Scott Glacier to approach the South Pole.

He and two other men skied more than fourteen hundred miles in eighty-eight days to explore and map part of Antarctica for the first time. Footsteps on the Maybank online stock trading reveals the daily struggles, extreme personalities, and the matter-of-fact bravery of early explorers who are now fading into history. Detailing the men's frustrations, annoyances, and questioning of their leader, Paine's entries provide rare insight into how Byrd conducted his expeditions.

Paine exposes the stresses of living under the snow in How to make money fast in runescape credits America during the four-month-long winter night, trapped in dim, crowded huts and black tunnels, while the men uneasily mulled over their leader's isolation at Advance Base.

The fates of Paine's dogs, which provided some of his most difficult and rewarding experiences, are also described his relationship with Jack, his lead dog, is an entrancing story in itself.

Featuring previously unpublished photographs and illustrations, Footsteps on the Ice documents the period in Antarctic exploration that bridged the "heroic era" and the modern age of mechanized travel. Depicting almost incomprehensible mental and physical duress buying preferred shares of stock unhesitating courage, Paine's tale is one of the most compelling stories in polar history, surpassing other accounts with its immediacy and adventure as it captures the majesty and mystery of the untouched Antarctic.

Paine, the daughter of Stuart Paine, is an independent researcher who resides in Nevada and Alaska. Illustrations Maps Foreword by Raimund E.

Goerler Preface Acknowledgments Introduction by M. Paine Frankfurt stock market ONE 1. September November 2, 2.

November 3-December 9, 3. The Roaring Forties and South: December 13, January 16, 4. January February 28, 5. Journey of "Seven Hells": March6. April7. The Old Mess Hall: April June 10, DIARY TWO 8. The Deep Winter Night: June July 17, 9.

The Admiral and Summer Field Preparations: July October 15, DIARY THREE The Start of the Southern Journey: October November 20, November December 5, December 6, January 11, DIARY FOUR January May 12, Afterword by M.

Not a book but a website about books. Have a look at http: The construction of the bibliography, undertaken by Dr Leane and Stephanie Pfennigwerth Research Assistant to Dr Leanewas supported by an Institutional Research Grant from the University of Tasmania.

Also don't miss Fauno Cordes's extensive bibliography of Antarctic fiction— Tekeli-li —elsewhere on this site at http: University Press of Colorado, pp. In the tense copy file ftp command line linux, even as the world was locked in the Cold War, U. On July 1,they began systematic, simultaneous scientific observations of the south-polar ice and atmosphere.

Their collaborative success over eighteen months inspired the Antarctic Treaty ofwhich formalized their peaceful pursuit of scientific knowledge.

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Still building on the achievements of the individuals and distrustful nations thrown together by the IGY from mutually wary military, scientific, and political cultures, science prospers today and peace endures. The year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the IGY and the commencement of a new International Polar Year—a compelling moment to review what a singular enterprise accomplished in a troubled time.

Belanger draws from interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official records to weave together the first thorough study of the dawn of Antarctica's scientific age. Deep Freeze offers absorbing reading for those who have ventured onto Antarctic ice and those who dream of it, as well as historians, scientists, and policy makers. Historian Dian Olson Belanger is the author of Enabling American Innovation Purdue University Press, and Managing American Wildlife University of Massachusetts Press, Navy Seabees, flyers, and scientists who lived through and made the transition from the 'heroic' age to the 'scientific' age of Antarctic exploration.

These mostly young men no women were allowed on 'the Ice' risked lives and endured both cold and dark Antarctic winters and unimaginable isolation from the world to provide a U. Deep Freezebased on countless interviews and painstaking research, is a timely and gripping account. Behrendt, president of the American Polar Society and author of The Ninth Circle and Innocents on the Ice "With its well-timed arrival on the eve of the International Polar YearDeep Freezeoffers a welcome and maple leafs have options on trade deadline day comments new examination of America's involvement in Antarctica during the IGY, often told through the words of the participants themselves.

Those who brought this program to life are heroes by every definition of the word. The truly amazing stories of pioneers are chronicled make money mabinogi this detailed and entertaining read.

Dian Belanger's countless hours interviewing living heroes who accomplished Herculean tasks give us pause to remember where this all began. Marty, National Science Foundation Representative, South Pole Station, Antarctica "With the fifty-year anniversary of the International Geophysical Year approaching, the author has done a remarkable job in researching the IGY through archival materials and interviews with some of the major individuals involved.

Writing for a wide audience, she offers in-depth discussions of U. The use of oral history accounts, diary-based material, and quotations from literature of the era is a particular strength in this major recapturing of the heady days of Very little comprehensive historical scholarship has been devoted to IGY since the popular preliminary accounts that appeared by Dufek, Sullivan, Wilson, Chapman, Eklund and Beckman, etc.

Merton England, NSF historian retired and author of A Patron for Pure Science "This is a comprehensive and lively book about the people and events that transformed Antarctica into an international laboratory for science.

Through their vision, courage, and willingness to work together, the people of Deep Freeze and the IGY brought about a legacy of discovery that continues today and that forex trading jobs in banks us to understand both Antarctica and the forces of global change. To tell this fascinating and important story, Dian Belanger not only used existing historical records but also added to that documentation with extensive interviews.

Compellingly told, the book incorporates significant research from new sources and unused collections. A must read for anyone with an interest in Antarctica and the early science it provided. Mazuzan, NSF historian retired "Dian Belanger's Deep Freezepresents science in Antarctica with fascinating perspective, present and past, stock option startup percentage rewarding.

List of Maps and Figures List of Illustrations List of Terms and Abbreviations Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Prologue: The Call of the Ice 1. The International Geophysical Year: Idea to Reality 2.

All Hands on Deck: Logistics for the High Latitudes 3. Operations Base at McMurdo Sound 4. Science Flagship on the Ice Shelf 5. Crevasse Junction, Privation Station 6. Dropped From the Sky 7. Hallett, Wilkes, and Ellsworth 8. People, Preparations, Policies 9. Antarctic Weather Quest The Physics of the Atmosphere Ice by the Mile Life on the Ice: Science and Peace, Continuity and Change Notes Notes on Sources Index --R.

Stephenson 2 December CAPTAIN FRANCIS CROZIER; LAST MAN STANDING? The Collins Press, pp. It's on the "to read" stack, but for the moment here's some information: His voyages with Parry, Ross and Franklin lifted the veil from the frozen wastes of the Arctic and Antarctic, paving the way for Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton.

A failed romance drove him back to the ice one fatal last time with Franklin's North-West Passage expedition in All men perished. Crozier took command after Franklin died. He led a courageous battle in the freezing Arctic wilderness trying to bring his men to safety. According to legend, he was the last to die—the last man standing" --From The Stocks in the dow jones islamic index Press website CONTENTS: A Modest, Unassuming Man 1.

A Bond with History 2. To the Arctic 3. Seizing the Moment 4. Wreck of the Fury 7. North Pole Trek 8. Flirting with Love An Epic Voyage A Sense of Tragedy The North West Passage A Slow Execution The Unsolved Mystery Endures A Fitting Memorial Appendix: A Chronology Reference Bibliography Index --R.

Once it arrives, I'll update this entry. His adventures on the ice are currency rate pakistan rupees in photographs taken under the most difficult conditions. These are now assembled for the first time with other previously unseen pictures. The photographs illustrate his early life, the incredible feats in the Antarctic and a peaceful retirement in Kerry.

Supported by complementary text, diary extracts and maps plus new information on Tom Crean's life, this is a lasting celebration of a true hero. Stephenson 2 December ROALD AMUNDSEN by Tor Bomann-Larsen. Foreword by Pen Hadow. Translated by Ingrid Christophersen. Sutton Publishing, pp. The English translation is a welcomed addition to the literature as little has appeared on Amundsen over the years. Stock broker payscale canada I read it I'll add more.

It uncovers the life of the determined, pugnacious pioneer using vivid first hand accounts, as well as material from recently discovered documents.

This is a dramatic, humorous and adventurous story which reveals the true flawed character behind the facade of the benign hero. TOR BOMANN-LARSEN is an author and artist. His books include The Court Physician, and a biography of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud. Roald Amundsen Country Acknowledgements PART ONE: The Dream of the North West Passage 1. The Boy from the Sea 2. The Student of Polar Exploration 3.

The Ice Chest 4. First Night in the Antarctic 5. The Two-pronged Plan 6. The Flag Triumphs 8. A Big Man PART TWO: The Gamble for the South Pole 9.

The King's Ship Polar Bears as Draught Animals Pulling the Wool over the World's Eyes A Business Trip A Heroic Deed The Dance round the South Pole Fridtjof Nansen has his Say History is being Written PART THREE: Caught in the North East Passage The Road to London The Goddess of Bliss The Big Promise A Polar Explorer Plays the Mandolin The Royal Yacht In the Embrace of the Ice Kakonita Amundsen PART FOUR: In Pursuit of the North Pole The Flying Dutchman A Beauty from Alaska Columbus of the Air A Criminal Outlook The Millionaire's Son Beloved above All in the World In the Kingdom of the Dead The Resurrection PART FIVE: The Lost Continent Thanks to Mussolini The Managing Director Norwegians in Rome Nationalists at the Ramparts Break with the World PART SIX: Flight introduction to stock market index definition investopedia the Pole Knight of the Ice The Bride Who Disappeared The Triumph of Defeat Two Minutes' Silence Bibliography Index --R.

Stephenson 2 December SOUTH OF SIXTY; LIFE ON AN ANTARCTIC BASE by Michael Warr.

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Antarctic Memories Publishing, pp. Available from Antarctic Memories Publishing, Ewert Crescent, Pr. George, BC V2M 2S2, Canada. Acknowledgements Introduction Some Antarctic Terms 1. South American Indulgences 4. The Falkland Islands 5. South Georgia, and More Falklands 6. Finally, the Antarctic 7. Our Deception Island Home 8. Adjusting to Antarctic Life Some Summer Activities Baily Head Residents Fids in Winter A Dark Spring More Socializing and a Reprieve Icy Antarctica Photo Section [8 pages, color photos] Keeping up Morale Not a Cold Winter Academics, Atmosphere, and Animal Power Spring, and Flying Deaths in Antarctica Adelaide Island Events Base Life Comes to a Stop Five Weeks authorised dealers in foreign exchange market No Sailing A Slow Boat to Southampton You Can Return Marguerite Bay Bases The few men on each base lived in small wooden huts, heated by coal stoves.

Water was from melted snow blocks, and travel over the frozen terrain was with husky dog teams. The men made their own entertainment. They also had to get on with each other, as they were isolated for eight months at a time until the relief ship could get through the ice. The experience left an indelible memory on all who lived in the Antarctic.

Biography Michael was born and grew up in Britain. He joined the British Antarctic Survey. After two years in the Antarctic he then moved to Canada, married Norma, and taught secondary school in central British Columbia. Now retired, he runs marathons, writes, and gardens. He belongs to The British Antarctic Survey Club, and the Strategies for binary options 60 seconds tf Polar Society.

Stephenson 26 August THE SHORE WHALING STATIONS AT SOUTH GEORGIA: Novus Forlag, pp. It's filled with both historic and modern photographs, color and black and white. Numerous maps and detailed plans abound. Survey methods and techniques APPENDIX II: Reports and publications from the project APPENDIX III: Employment categories APPENDIX IV: Grytviken, how to make a lot of money in stick rpg 2 map and index APPENDIX V: Leith Harbour, general map and index APPENDIX VI: Husvik Harbour, general map and index APPENDIX VII: Stromness Harbour, general map and index APPENDIX VIII: Prince Olav Harbour, general map and index APPENDIX IX: Ocean Harbour, general map and index Notes Bibliography "This book brings together two rather esoteric topics: The focus is on the remains of the shore whaling stations on South Georgia in the Southern Ocean - a centre of Antarctic whaling for the first half of the 20th century.

Being left to deteriorate primarily through natural processes, most of the whaling stations still, decades after business closed, have an authenticity that few industrial remains in more populated areas of the world can offer. The book reviews a research project on the industrial archaeology on South Georgia and places the project in a wider context. It reviews the history of South Georgia from the early discoveries, the sealing industry of the 19th century, the whaling industry of the 20th century and the development afterwards, when the attitude towards the former whaling stations jquery select option selected item shifted from being seen as mere scrap to being considered cultural heritage.

The main part of the book describes and analyses how the whaling stations were designed and operated. The emphasis is on the main functions and functional relationships: Stephenson 26 August WHITE HORIZONS: Occupy wall street new york stock exchange and Bruce Pearson.

British Antarctic Survey for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXIX, 54 pp. Available from the shop at the Scott Polar Research Institute www. It begins with a four-page introduction followed by chapters entitled: I counted a total of 64 images, mostly in color. Among the artists whose work appears: John Davis, Edward Wilson, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Seago, David Smith, Philip Hughes, John Kelly, Layla Curtis, Robert Nicholls, Richard M. Laws, Neil Mackintosh, Gordon Fogg, Sir Alister Hardy, Rolfe Gunther, Sandra Chapman, Keith Shackleton, Chris Rose, Bruce Pearson, John Gale, George Forster, John Webber, Henry Pickersgill, W.

Burn Murdoch, Dennis Lillie, Reginald Grenville Eaves, L. Carmichael, Kite, Frank Debenham, Simon Faithfull and William Martin.

Very useful biographies of nearly all of these appear in the concluding chapter. Any Antarctic collector with an interest in the art of the southern continent will want to have this excellent publication. Stephenson 26 August FRANK HURLEY: This is a biography and so there's lots here that has nothing to do with the Antarctic. It also means that it will be interesting reading that may very well shed light on Hurley's Antarctic days.

I look forward to starting on page one. Introduction 'Near enough paano ba kumita sa stock market not good enough' Chapter One. The Boy from Glebe Chapter Two Postcards from Sydney Chapter Three 'I determined to The coves don't appreciate it' Chapter Twenty-three A land traversed Chapter Postscript ' Stephenson 21 May "Frank Hurley was once a household name in Australia.

Now most famous for his photographs of the Mawson and Shackleton Endurance Antarctic expeditions, he was also a visual chronicler of many of the major events of the twentieth century and of a rapidly disappearing non-Western world. He was an official photographer in two world wars, a pioneering documentary-maker, participant in early feats of aviation, and cinematographer on major Australian feature films of the s, including The Squatter's Daughter and The Silence of Dean Maitland.

In his later years, he travelled the length and breadth of his country to produce illustrated books that eulogised Australia and its people. In this best forex brokers comparison new biography, with over photographs including never-before-published Hurley images and other rarely seen material from the family archive and Hurley's lesser-known adventures, Alasdair McGregor vividly describes the character, achievements and disappointments of a driven and remarkable Australian.

Painter, photographer and one-time architect, Alasdair McGregor is the author of The Kimberley: Horizons of Stone, Australia's Wild Islands both with Quentin Chester and Mawson's Huts: An Antarctic Expedition Journal. He was artist and photographer for three AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation expeditions to Antarctica, and in was curator for the Australian High Commission to Canada of '. A Century of Australians in Antarctica, a travelling exhibition featuring the photography of Frank Hurley.

Alasdair McGregor lives in Sydney. Here's what Alaisdair has to say about availability in a recent e-mail: The book will be on sale in Britain soon. At present the book is only available by mail order outside Australia. Its available that way through a number of the major booksellers here. Just put the title into Google and a number of them come up.

I found this opportunity proved quite popular over the past couple of years when lecturing on Antarctic cruise ships. It now goes on my pile of 'books to read. The notes and bibliography are both lengthy, which I always feel is a good sign. Most of the photos are new to me. The quality isn't particularly good but then many were taken in difficult circumstances.

List of Maps and Illustrations The Ross Sea Party of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, [Listing of the names and positions of the Shore Party and the Aurora's Officers and Crew. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 3. The Great Barrier 6. Eighty Degrees South 7. Return to the Barrier Stephenson 21 May "InSir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent from coast to coast. On the eve of the First World War, Shackleton sailed south into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurancewhile a ship called the Aurora made for the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent.

Yet all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in a gale and stranded ten men ashore in Antarctica, woefully ill-equipped to perform their task. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs and scavenged equipment, the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds.

Meanwhile, the crew of the disabled Auroracast adrift at the mercy of civilization, the lost men struggled to save themselves and carry out their mission. Researched in Antarctica, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, The Lost Men is the definitive account of this long overshadowed expedition.

Kelly Tyler-Lewis throws Antarctic exploration into new perspective as the unforgettable protagonists of the Ross Sea party come alive in this astonishing chronicle of unsung heroism. Kelly recently e-mailed with the following update: The project is based upon archival research in four countries, how much will robert guerrero make fighting mayweather, and field research in Antarctica and parts north!

I am a Senior Member of Wolfson College of Cambridge University and a Visiting Scholar at Scott Polar Research Institute. I received a National Science Foundation fellowship inand spent two months in the Ross Sea region. I am also a Consulting Historian for the British Film Institute. I am also a documentary filmmaker. The film was awarded an Emmy for Best Historical Documentary and was nominated cocoa bean stock market Best Documentary of For the IMAX film, "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure," I was a member of the production team.

I was Coordinating Producer. Stephenson 28 January UPDATE: I saw Kelly last night and she says the book will be out later this year. Stephenson 22 May UPDATE: The book will also be published by Bloomsbury in Australia and New Zealand, where it will be available in May, and Great Britain, where the publication date is September 4.

Charged with laying supply depots for Shackleton's aborted trans-Antarctic trek, the Ross Sea party became stranded when its cp money maker 2016 online free download tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale. Cambridge historian Tyler-Lewis's account of the man party's plight relies heavily on the men's journals, which are amazingly detailed, considering the physical snow blindness, scurvy, frostbite and mental depression, paranoia problems they faced.

The men's decision to lay the depots despite the obstacles demonstrates their courage, but Tyler-Lewis's narrative doesn't focus solely on heroics.

Instead, the heart of the book make money with skinning in Tyler-Lewis's dissection of the men's relationships with one another.

As friends are made, alliances formed and resentment festers, humanity is never lost, even amid inhumane conditions.

Given the collection of military, civilian, scientific and blue-collar personnel that made up the expedition, it's compelling to see how each man deals with his fate. Add in the party's adventures of sledding in subzero temperatures with the sociological aspects of being stranded for nearly two years in such an inhospitable place, and the result is a gripping work.

Pendragon Maritime Publications, Pendragon Maritime Publications, Hillhead, Brixham, Devon TQ5 0EZ, UK. It will make a good shelfmate for Ann Savours' The Voyages of the Discovery. Stephenson 2 December Mike Tarver has been working on this extensive treatment of the Terra Nova for some years.

It looks very hefty and impressive I only briefly had a copy; it was injured in shipment and back it went. When I have a new copy I'll add some more information. Stephenson 21 May "This extensively researched book is the definitive account of one of the classic polar exploration ships of the 'heroic age'.

A story of one of Britain's most famous expedition ships put together from accounts recorded by men who sailed in her. It covers the sixty year history of a ship built by a famous Scottish shipbuilding yard for the 19th century days of whaling and sealing before coal, gas and electricity replaced animal oils in domestic and commercial use. Terra Nova operated from her home ports of Dundee and afterwards, St.

John's, Newfoundland, when a sea-going career in the seal fishery in those times brought a hard way of life with many human losses and tragedies. The late nineteenth century saw increased activity toward exploration of the polar regions north and south and the suitability of the sturdy Dundee whalers saw them seconded from seal fishing and drawn into the 'heroic age' of polar exploration.

This was the period associated with the expeditions of Scott, Shackleton, Mawson, Bruce, Amundsen and explorers from many other nations who used wooden ships to enter unknown regions in pursuit of territorial advancement making money freelance web developer science.

The comprehensive Appendix contains details of the company that built Terra Nova and many other ships; modifications and crew personnel for polar exploration; men who commanded her throughout 60 years; a directory to both polar regions and a list of similar ships launched in that era, with their fates.

All supported by a full bibliography and index. For most of her year life, Terra Nova had a colourful career operating from the Port of St. John's, Newfoundland and was leader of the fleet known as the 'wooden walls' which went to the Arctic ice each Spring with large crews in pursuit of the seal fishery. Terra Nova a large and powerful steam whaler was seconded from the seal fishery in Newfoundland as relief ship for the British National Antarctic Expedition, and for the United States Fiala-Ziegler Arctic Expedition, Her most famous role was for three years as the expedition ship for the British Antarctic Expedition,led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN.

CONTENTS Acknowledgements Author's Note Prologue Foreword 1. Terra Nova and her early years 2. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND NEW OWNERS Ambitions and achievements of Benjamin Bowring and his family The founding of a shipping and trading company 'Terra Australis Incognita' 3.

FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC TO THE ANTARCTIC Relief ship for British National Antarctic Expedition, Under Dundee command what casino in atlantic city makes the most money and first mission to Antarctica 4.

FROM THE ANTARCTIC TO THE ARCTIC Under United States ownership and Epping plaza trading hours christmas eve command Rescue mission to an Arctic archipelago Return from a successful Arctic mission Newfoundland for sealing duties 5.

INTO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN Final preparation and departure from Port Chalmers, New Zealand A storm in the 'furious fifties' Through the pack ice into the Ross Sea Arrival at McMurdo Sound and a change of command 7. FIRST ROLE COMPLETE Expedition base established, lt paints woodstock trading hours parties deployed A surprise in the Bay earn forex risk calculator download Whales Scientific parties landed and return to New Zealand 8.

Goodbye Antarctica, return to New Zealand CHARTERED FOR WAR DUTIES Refit and role as a coastal trader On charter during War-time Ice damage to the stern The last voyage and an S. Descriptionand specification of S. Terra Nova preparede by Commander H.

Pennell, RN, Surgeon Commander E. Atkinson RN adn Leading Shipwright F. Extract from the Log of United States Coastguard Cutter Atak D. Chronological list and biographical details of Captains of S.

Terra Nova E. Terra Nova crew list Antarctic Relief Voyage F. Terra Nova crew list Arctic Relief Voyage G. Terra Nova crew list and shore parties British Antarctic Expedition, H.

Summarised directory to the Arctic and Antarctic regions I. Some sealing phrases and expressions L. Miscellaneous list of whalers and sealers launched and their fates M. Mike Tarver e-mailed to say: Have been researching for 10 years, hope to draw a line under it and publish late I saw Mike at SPRI on 13 November and the book progresses.

Autumn is still his hope. Stephenson 22 November UPDATE: I saw Mike at SPRI on 12 November A year goes by but the book is done, a publisher's on board, and it's only a matter of time before the book hits the High Street. Stephenson 29 November A VISITOR'S GUIDE TO SOUTH GEORGIA by Sally Poncet and Kim Crosbie.

Old Basing, Hampshire, UK: Numerous photo illustrations, mostly in color, maps and other illustrations. Spiral binding, card covers. Likely to be of greatest interest to the visitor are the site descriptions. These are each 3 or 4 pages and include longitude and latitude, Derivation of the Name, Features summaryPointers summaryLocation and Main Features, Landform and Habitat, Wildlife, Human History, Visiting the Site.

Included as well are a location map and a detailed map of the site. Overall an excellent resource that should be taken on any trip to South Georgia. A Message from Howard Pearce Foreword. By Keith Shackleton About this Guide Tips for Visitors Natural History of South Georgia Oceans and Climate. By Mark Brandon Geology. By Phil Stone Glaciers and Landforms. By John Gordon Vegetation. By Jenny Scott Wildlife Introduced Species A Brief History of South Georgia The Discovery of South Georgia.

By Robert Burton The Sealers. By Robert Burton The Explorers. By Robert Burton Carl Anton Larsen and the Whaling Industry. By Robert Burton The Discovery Investigations. By Robert Burton Duncan Carse and the South Georgia Surveys By Robert Burton Establishing British Antarctic Survey Research.

By David Walton South Georgia, A Diplomacy Case. Headland Current Activities Stamps Government Administration. By Sarah Lurcock Tourism. By Denise Landau and John Splettstoesser South Georgia Fisheries. By David Agnew Fisheries Research at King Edward Point. By Mark Belchier Seabird and Seal Research at Bird Island.

By John Croxall Longline Fisheries and Seabirds. By Graham Robertson The Approach to South Georgia Key Information Wandering Albatrosses. Phillips Burrowing Petrels Life at Leith Harbour Southern Elephant Seals.

By Martin Biuw King Penguins. Sally and Kim have drawn on experts in many fields to pull together facts about South Georgia's discovery, past and present, together with its rich animal and plant life. Each site described is accompanied by a detailed map showing the location of wildlife, vegetation, historic artefacts, topographical features of interest and hiking routes. Visitor tips, some of the island's special features and history are covered in additional chapters. The book is illustrated with many photographs and is brought to a close with some inspirational words from Ellen MacArthur.

Falklands Conservation, Second Edition It is just as well done and would be the book to consult before, during and after a trip to the Falklands.

Stephenson 21 May CONTENTS: Map of the Falkland Islands showing site locations Falkland Islands Countryside Code Foreword. Sven-Olof Lindblad Falkland Conservation Acknowledgements A Visitor's Guide to the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands--An Expedition Leader's Perspective. By Allan White Photography in the Falkland Islands. By Tony Chater A Brief History The Falkland Islands People Arrival by Sea--Berkeley Sound--Port William--Stanley Harbour Stanley Falkland Facts THE GUIDE Bertha's Beach Bleaker Island Carcass Island George and Barren Islands Grand Jason Grave Cove Gypsy Cove Kidney Cove New Island New Island North Nature Reserve New Island South Nature Reserve Pebble Island Port Howard Saunders Island Sea Lion Island Second Passage Steeple Jason Volunteer Point Weddell Island West Point Island Glossary of Terms Further Reading Useful Addresses Checklist of the Fauna and Flora mentioned in the text Photographic Credits "The Falkland Islands are among the few places left that can truly be described as "off the beaten track".

Most first-timers to the Islands are pleasantly surprised. The temperate climate with occasional strong winds coupled with breathtaking scenery, a fascinating way of life and abundant wildlife all contribute. This fascinating guide, produced by the WILDGuides design team, contains a comprehensive full-colour insight into the top nineteen destinations currently visited by cruise vessels in the Falkland Islands.

There are also four future sites briefly described which are hoping to attract the cruise industry. The introductory map shows the location of each place within the Falklands archipelago. A checklist of all species mentioned, with their English and scientific names, is included. There is also information on the history, the people, Stanley - the capital of the Islands and much more.

There are photographs and specially drawn maps. Most of these tourist sites are privately owned and the unique maps contain information added personally by landowners that you will not find in print anywhere else. There is a "features" column for each site which provides site-specific information, and a "pointers" column which has specific reference to the Falkland Islands Countryside Code.

Oxford University Press, Markham British Antarctic Expedition Chapters I - XX Appendix Editor's Appendix I: Barrie Editor's Appendix II: Atkinson Editor's Appendix III: Significant Changes to Scott's Original Base and Sledging Journals Explanatory Notes Glossary of Names Index Description: The vividness, drama, and poignancy of Scott's Journals are as powerful today as they were when they were first published inwhen the world learnt the news of the expedition's tragic end.

This edition reprints the text, including many of the original photographs and drawings, as well as incorporating the wealth of scholarship on polar exploration which has appeared since Barrie's 'Biographical Introduction' In January Captain Scott reached the South Pole, to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition.

Scott and his companions faced an mile march to safety. All perished on the return. A few months later, a search party found Scott's body and the journals which told his tragic story. Scott's own account was published to extraordinary acclaim in Danger grips the reader from the first chapter, as the Terra Nova struggles to force a path through the pack ice. The journey to an unknown land becomes a journey into the self, as Scott's mood oscillates between hope and despair. And, in his last entries, Scott gives voice to the heroic fantasies of his generation, the generation which would fight and die in the Great War.

This new edition draws on ninety years of reflection on the Antarctic disaster to illuminate Scott's journals, publishing for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text. Drawing on papers from the John Murray archive which have never been used before, Max Jones tells the story of this remarkable book and charts the changing fortunes of Scott's reputation.

Buy this book, which reproduces Scott's Last Expedition --volume I, at least--and then devotes pp to the changes. Nothing terribly earthshaking is revealed, but it;s nice to have them laid out, There's more though. As part of the front matter of the book are: This will certainly be of interest to book collectors. I found the information on the Strand Magazine extracts and the later editions of SLE very useful.

It's divided up as follows: Principal Editions of the Writings of Robert Falcon Scott; Published Memoirs and Diaries of the British Antarctic Expedition ; Principal Biographies of Robert Falcon Scott; Biographies of the Crew of the BAE, ; Secondary Sources on Scott and Antarctic Exploration; and General Secondary Sources. It starts with Cook's first crossing of the Antarctic Circle in and ends in when Discovery heads for its permanent home and birthplace, Dundee.

Following 'Scott's Last Expedition' volume I and without most of the illustrationsstarting at page are the. Barrie which had been prepared for Turley's book and appeared in later John Murray editions of SLE. Atkinson which first appeared in the John Murray 'cheap edition. These 15 pages are what make the book particularly useful for the researcher. The entries are arranged by date and text is indicated as "original passage cut", "new passage inserted" and "?

These are often interesting. All in all an excellent job. The production is not up to the importance of the subject. Although affordably priced, the volume is cheaply produced, too small in size and the pages with far too narrow margins. Designed by Jerry Kelly.

Limited to copies. The Grolier Club, End-paper maps, pictorial covers and 41 other maps and illustrations. The catalogue format gives the explorer or author with birth and death years, a brief bibliographical description, the lender of the item in question, approximately a half page or a page of text describing the expedition or events portrayed in the book, and a useful section at the end of each entry with suggestions for further reading.

An excellent addition to any polar reference shelf. Foreword Introduction List of Illustrations Catalogue: Scott and The Rush Southward, 7 Antarctica: Shackleton and Others, 8 Science and Society 9 Literature of the Imagination, 10 Society Moves In Realia and Other Objects Lenders Index Produced as a catalogue to the exhibition of the same name at the Club until 4 February Stephenson 26 December SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC; A LIFE OF COURAGE AND TRAGEDY IN THE EXTREME SOUTH by David Crane.

HarperCollins, pp. In the past few years several titles have appeared that have set the beleaguered hero on an upward course after the modern era's battering that began with Huntford's biography. The first was the late David Yelverton's Antarctica Unveiledon the Discovery expedition.

Soon after came Susan Solomon's excellent The Coldest March. Following these were Ran Fiennes' Captain Scott and Max Jones' The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice. And now here's a page treatment by David Crane. More will surely come. I haven't even started to dip into it but here are some initial reactions to the physical presentation at least. What's with these colorized bookjackets? The one here is very similar to the one on Ran Fiennes' book. Black and white Ponting photographs photoshopped away!

The photo illustrations inside will nearly all be familiar to students of Antarctic history; a more eclectic selection would have been refreshing.

The bibliography is sadly lacking. I'll have more to say once I read it and I hope it will be more positive. In the meantime I've included below a blurb from the publisher and a review from The Sunday Times.

Stephenson 4 December Contents: List of Illustrations List of Maps Notes on Distances, Temperatures and Weights 1. Paul's, 14 February 2. Childhood and Dartmouth 3. Into the Ice 9. The Southern Journey A Second Winter A Long Wait Escape from the Ice The Reluctant Lion The Pull of the South Of Lions and Lionesses Return to the Ice Ars Moriendi Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Select Bibliography Index For God's sake look after our people.

Oates had taken himself into a blizzard a few days before, and the fifth member of the Polar party, Edgar Evans had died some ten days previously, worn out by the cold and physical effort of the journey across Antarctica.

Since then Scott has been the subject of many books--many hagiographical, others dismissive and scathing. Yet in all the pages that have been written about him, the personality behind the legend has been forgotten or distorted beyond all recognition.

David Crane's magisterial biography, based on years of close and detailed research with the original documents, redresses this completely. By reassessing Scott's life and his substantial scientific achievements, Crane is able to provide a fresh and exciting perspective on both the Discovery expedition of and the Terra Nova expedition of The courage and tragedy of Scott's last journey are only one part of the process, for the scientific enquiry that led up to it transformed the whole nature and ambition of Antarctic exploration.

One of the great strengths of this biography is Scott's own voice, which echoes through the pages. Scott's descriptions of the monumental landscape of Antarctica in all its fatal and icy beauty are breathtaking; his honest, heartfelt letters and diaries give the reader an unforgettable account of the challenges he faced both in his personal life and as a superlative leader of men in possibly the harshest environment on the planet. Written with the full support of Scott's surviving relatives, and with access to the voluminous diaries and records of key participants, including admiring scientists, this definitive biography sets out to reconcile the very private struggles of the man with the very public life of extremes that he led.

Above all, he would have been troubled by the controversy surrounding his two Antarctic expeditions.

The biographies that appeared immediately after Scott's death in Antarctica in tended towards hagiography. Subsequent generations have reassessed the myth. With each retelling, the story of the men who died gloriously but futilely just a few miles from help has seemed increasingly ridiculous.

Another fine British cock-up. This process culminated in the s when Roland Huntford dismissed Scott as "stupid and recklessly incompetent" and blamed him for the death of his men. Recently, however, the tide of public opinion has began to turn in Scott's favour; only last year, Ranulph Fiennes came to his defence in a biography that used Fiennes's own polar experiences to assess the risks that Scott took when he made his final, fatal journey.

Now David Crane has written what his publisher claims is the definitive biography. If this is the last word, then Scott can at last rest easy in his icy grave.

All biographers agree about the beginning: Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a young naval officer of some abilities and more determination, who wanted to get ahead on merit at a time when the navy still valued a man's contacts more than his abilities.

The frustration this created shows in an early diary entry, when he wrote that "the naval officer should be provided by nature with an infinite capacity for patiently accepting disappointments". Disappointments continued untilwhen he caught the eye of Sir Clements Markham, the president of the Royal Geographical Society.

Markham was looking for someone to lead an expedition to the South Pole. Scott led two journeys south, the first as commander of the Discovery, the second, fatal journey, aboard the Terra Nova, when he reached the South Pole, only to find that a Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, had beaten him to it. Scott was 33 at the time of the first expedition, and 44 when he died. In those 11 years, he emerged from obscurity to become a national and, in death, an international hero. Part of the magic lay in the destination.

When Scott and his men walked out onto the ice, they stepped on to terra incognita; it was a place so remote and challenging that in the 18th century Captain Cook had declared no man would ever cross it. Advances in technology and experience had brought Antarctica within Scott's reach and he found it one of the most beautiful places on earth.

One of the most hostile, too. Even the heart of the Sahara holds no horror like a polar winter. This was, and remains, no place for humans, and those who travelled there did so only with a vast amount of support.

As soon as the aid was exhausted, the men died. Crane shows how hopelessly badly prepared Scott and his men were for the challenge, but he pins the blame elsewhere. Their ship leaked, their clothing was inadequate for the temperatures, their rations failed to replenish the vast amount of energy they burnt in the cold and, perhaps most important, their transport arrangements were inept.

Here Scott has come in for blame: The decision to man-haul had serious implications for the second journey. The race to the South Pole was hardly "fair" because Amundsen had greater experience of travelling on ice and was happy to use dogs and skis.

Even Crane attacks Scott for not having the vision or imagination to think "out of the frame", a legacy of his navy training, although he is quick to point out that Scott compensated for this with "clarity of thought and force of personality". Crane also recognises the explorer's strong sense of romantic, heroic purpose, seeing Antarctica as a setting for "the chivalry of England to test itself in a quest that united pointlessness, patriotism and personal heroism in ways that nothing before the Somme would ever equal".

Knightly chivalry was certainly on show--the explorers even had pennants on their sleds. And the parallel with the Somme is apt. In death, Scott became an English ideal, a leader who stood by his men and never gave in. So which version of Scott is true: Huntford's bungling fool or Crane's transcendent romantic?

Crane recognises that in spite of a mass of material, including Scott's beautifully written journals, much of his "interior landscape" has remained elusive.

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In this magnificently researched and enticingly written account, Crane has explored more of that landscape than any biographer before him. In so doing, he recognises Scott's failures but also talks up his many successes, as an explorer and, perhaps more important, as a leader. It was Scott, after all, who inspired greatness in men such as Ernest Shackleton, Edgar Evans and Captain Oates. In the end, Crane sides with Apsley Cherry-Garrard, who ruminated for years about his lost leader and decided that it was not the achievements that mattered so much as "the spirit of the men".

He's kept us up to day on its progress for well over a year. I hope to get to it soon and will report back, but for the moment I include the Contents and some publicity from the publisher.

Of Ice and Treasure 2. This Breezy Hole 5. The Restless Heart From Cape to Cairo Movies and Marriage Notes Sources and Bibliography Index Born Adventurer tells the story of Frank Bickertonthe British engineer on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of The expedition gave birth to what Sir Ranulph Fiennes has called 'one of the greatest accounts of polar survival in history' and surveyed for the first time the 2,mile stretch of coast around Cape Denison, which later became Adelie Land.

The AAE was however only one episode in a rich and colourful career. Bickerton accompanied the ill-fated Aeneas Mackintosh on a treasure hunt to R. Stevenson's Treasure Island, was involved with the early stages of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and tested 'wingless aeroplanes' in Norway.

Born Adventurer follows him through his many experiences, from his flying career in the First World War to his time in California, mixing with the aristocracy of the Hollywood and sporting worlds and from his safaris in Africa to his distinguished career as an editor and screenplay writer at Shepperton Studios. Stephen Haddesley draws on unique access to family papers and Bickerton's journals and letters to give us a rich and full account of the story of this incredible adventurer and colourful man.

Stephen Haddelsey e-mailed recently to say " Of course, I'm delighted!. He led the Western Party during their expedition. He was due to go south again on the Endurance with Shackleton inbut World War I took him into the navy.

Nicola Lisle meets the man determined to put his name on the map. Talking to Stephen Haddelsey --Frank Bickerton's first cousin three times removed--it is clear that he is immensely proud of his family ties to this pioneering explorer. He is also disappointed that so few people have heard of Bickerton, and is determined to get posthumous recognition for his ancestor's formidable list of achievements.

With his biography, Born Adventurercurrently being considered by a publisher, and plans afoot for an exhibition at the Museum of Oxford, he is certainly taking a step in the right direction. Frank Bickerton was born on January 15, at The Elms, Iffley--now the Hawkwell House Hotel--and baptised at St Mary's Church, Iffley.

His father was Joseph Jones Bickerton who, for many years, was the Town Clerk of Oxford, as well as secretary to a number of local organisations and societies. He was a well known and respected citizen, as is evident from the fact that Bickerton Road in Headington was named after him. He died infollowed soon after by his wife, Eliza Frances Fox. Six-year-old Frank went to live in Plymouth with his maternal uncle.

He was educated at Marlborough College, and went on to the City and Guilds Technical College in London to train as an engineer, specialising in aeronautical engineering. His expertise in this field resulted in him being recruited to accompany Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition in It was to be Bickerton's responsibility to maintain the Vicker's REP monoplane, which Mawson intended to use for surveying his route.

The plane crashed on its test flight in Adelaide, so Bickerton converted it into an air tractor sledge, which was used extensively during the expedition. Bickerton was also one of the first to use wireless telegraphy in the Antarctic, and one of the first to step onto Adelie Land. From December to Januaryhe led a three-man party across miles of uncharted territory, and became one of the first to discover a meteorite in the Antarctic.

Thanks to this discovery, Antarctica is now recognised as one of the most important meteorite fields on the planet. On his return to England, Bickerton was awarded the prestigious King's Polar Medal in silver. InBickerton was recruited by Sir Ernest Shackleton for his Endurance expedition, but instead he volunteered for service with the Middlesex Regiment, and became a First World War hero.

Despite suffering horrific injuries, he was off exploring again as soon as the war ended, travelling to Africa, Cocos Islands, Newfoundland and California. He married late in life, inand died 17 years later while holidaying in Wales. Researching Bickerton's life has not been easy, but Stephen Haddelsey has been able to track down surviving friends and relatives including Bickerton's daughter, who has been extremely supportive. I've also found things in people's attics, and in the BBC archives.

Also, the Mawson Collection in Australia was able to help," he said. Throughout his research, Haddelsey has built up a clear picture of Bickerton's personality, and liked what he saw. His humour also comes through in his journals.

I was expecting all sorts of negative references to the natives of Africa, but instead he talks admiringly about their skills, and about their physical beauty. So that was a great relief to me; it made me like him as a man. Was Bickerton a born adventurer?

Or was it forced on him by circumstances? These are the questions that Haddelsey's book seeks to answer. But the most adventurous part of his life is Antarctica, and his involvement with the two highly experimental aeroplanes and wireless telegraphy. That could all be about to change. This month sees the opening of an exhibition at the Museum of Oxford entitled Hidden Oxford, which will focus on unknown aspects of the city, including Frank Bickerton.

Next year, the museum will be mounting a large-scale, multiple-room exhibition devoted to Bickerton's career. Much of his Antarctica memorabilia will be on display, including parts of the crashed monoplane, which are being brought over from Australia. This month also sees the unveiling of a plaque at the Hawkwell House Hotel in Iffley, commemorating Bickerton's birthplace. Haddelsey is delighted at the level of interest he's generated, which is a fitting tribute to a man whose courage and pioneering spirit so greatly enhanced our knowledge and understanding of Antarctica.

US and Australian releases will happen in As you know, Bickerton was mechanical engineer on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of He was responsible for the first experiments with an aeroplane and with wireless telegraphy in the Antarctic. He also led the 3-man Western Sledging Expedition, which discovered the first Antarctic meteorite. After the AAE, Bickerton was recruited for the Endurance expedition and he accompanied Shackleton to Norway to test the expedition's "wingless aeroplanes" in May Antarctic exploration was, however, just one facet of an incredibly varied career.

Bickerton accompanied Aeneas Mackintosh on a treasure-hunt to Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island"; he fought as a trenches officer and fighter pilot in WWI; he founded a colony in Newfoundland with Victor Campbell of the Terra Nova ; he mixed with the aristocracy of America's sporting and film worlds and with England's artistic and literary elite during the Roaring Twenties; he travelled from Cape to Cairo by train, plane and automobile during the golden age of the African safari; and finally worked with J.

Stenhouse of the Aurora and Discovery as a screenwriter during the heyday of the British cinema. My book covers all of these adventures and it will I hope, appeal not only to those interested in the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration, but also to anyone who enjoys a great adventure story. The official launch of the book will be at the Woodstock Literary Festival in Oxfordshire, between October I will be taking part in an "in conversation" event at 2pm on Friday 14 October--and all are welcome.

The book can already be ordered in advance via the WH Smith, Tesco's and Amazon websites and its ISBN number is: The book will cover not only Sten's Antarctic work--on the Aurora and on the Discovery during the s--but also his service as a Q-ship commander and in North Russia during WWI; his adventures in the US during prohibition; his treasure-hunting exploits; and many more.

Stephen has recently e-mailed some 'critical notices' relative to his biography of Frank Bickerton. It's the AAE that forms the focus of the first half of this biography, and Stephen Haddelsey is good on the minutiae of life in an Antarctic camp What's here, however, represents enough for several ordinary lives". ADVENTURE TRAVEL, Jan And if ever there was a man who could ignite those inner passions, it is Frank Bickerton, whose spellbinding biography surely cries out to be made into a film Born Adventurer takes the reader into the world of a real life adventurer who puts Hollywood action heroes into the shade".

THE TAMWORTH JOURNAL, Feb THE OXFORD TIMES, Jan WESTERN MORNING NEWS, Nov Trinity University Press, We first mentioned his efforts back in April I did look at the illustrations which make up an interesting collection of photographs and art, and at the bibliography, a page listing that has useful annotations. More after I've read it. Acknowledgments Preface Map 1. From Chart to Art 5. The Physical Plant 6.

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The History of Ice 9. On the Mountain of Myth From Art to Chart On the Edge of Time Bibliography Index "The Antarctic is famously the harshest continent; everyone who has ever visited it would fit into a football stadium. Terra Antarctica traces how humans have attempted to comprehend the most alien place on the planet, a continent that our species is superbly ill-equipped even to imagine, much less live on. Over a two-year period, William Fox assembled the Antarctic's history of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images--both real and imagined--in order to understand how we represent its landscape.

He then spent almost three months working on the continent at McMurdo Station, the Ross Sea Region, the Transantarctic Mountains, and the South Pole. The resulting work masterfully expands our understanding of human interaction with a landscape at the frontier of knowledge. Fox recounts unnerving experiences like being caught in a whiteout, camping on the volcano Mount Erebus during a hurricane, and taking frigid hikes past the edge of the mapped world.

Alternating lyrical first-person narratives with chapters that delve expertly into science and art, Fox creates a dazzling portrait of a vast empty continent. About the Author William L.

Fox is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and the author of several books, including The Black Rock Desert and The Void, the Grid, and the Sign: Traversing the Great Basin. He has been a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute and a Lannan Foundation Writer in Residence.

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He lives in Burbank, California. What brings humans to Antarctica? How do they make sense of the continent's vast emptiness? Everyone who has ever visited Antarctica would fit into a football stadium.

William Fox spent almost three months in Antarctica traveling and working with other researchers. Building on the common perception of Antarctica as a barren continent, Fox points to the many ways that life persists on the continent, from microscopic invertebrates to tiny insects, from Weddell seals and emperor penguins to human life and community, as found at McMurdo Station and the geodesic dome of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

In prose that Library Journal calls "absorbing and easy to read," Fox describes encounters with scientists, artists, and even a handful of disoriented penguins. Fox recounts conversations with others working at the sites he visits and weaves in anecdotal information about the continent's weather, ecology, folklore, and history. Continuing his lifelong fascination with dry places, Fox explores how we portray in painting, photography, and other art an empty space. He pursues multiple lines of study to describe Antarctic explorations and cartographic surveys, and how humans attempt to understand one of the world's strangest places.

Fox writes about how we make sense of our surroundings, turning space into place and land into landscape. He examines the artistic, scientific and cartographic methods used to make the blank space of Antarctica comprehensible.