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Crevasse Roulette: The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58 - Hardcover

Stephenson, Jon

 
9781877058660: Crevasse Roulette: The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1877058661 ISBN 13: 9781877058660
Verlag: Rosenberg Publishing, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Under the leadership of Dr. Vivian Fuchs, the British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957-58 completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was a pioneering and hazardous journey, and not without controversial elements. Author Jon Stephenson was a geologist on that expedition. In this book, Stephenson gives his account of the Expedition, its planning, and its aftermath. Stephenson also supplies a history of Antarctic exploration since James Cook's voyage of 1775, an account of other Antarctic exploration and scientific study contemporaneous with the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and an overview of subsequent expeditions. Stephenson's remarkable photographs, which were exhibited in Sydney in September 2007 during a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, are an additional feature of the book.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Jon Stephenson taught geology for many years at the James Cook University, Townsville, where he is now an Honorary Research Associate.

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Verlag
Rosenberg Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1877058661
ISBN 13 
9781877058660
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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