A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook’s Circumnavigations to the Aviation Age - Softcover

Strathie, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1803991054 ISBN 13: 9781803991054

Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The objects in this book relate to a key period in polar exploration history, from the 1770s to the early 1930s. Today they are located worldwide, whether in polar regions, public spaces, museums and other repositories, or in private collections.

Some objects were used by famous explorers, but more testify to important work by mariners, scientists, artists, photographers and filmmakers, or sometimes overlooked roles played by explorers’ relatives, sponsors and other supporters. They include:

• Mrs Elizabeth Cook’s ‘ditty box’

• An innovative crow’s nest

• Francis Crozier’s penguin specimen

• An octant used in searches for John Franklin

• A scientist’s portable paintbox

• An expedition prospectus

• An Antarctic Baby biplane

• HMS Erebus’s long-lost bell

Collectively, the objects evidence a continuum of polar endeavour which, notwithstanding national ambitions and personal rivalries, reflect levels of international collaboration to which we should aspire when exploring or attempting to safeguard the increasingly fragile polar regions.

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ANNE STRATHIE is an acclaimed polar historian and biographer. She has written three biographies of members of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Antarctic expedition, all published by The History Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• ISBN 10: 1803991054
• ISBN 13: 9781803991054
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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