Race to the White Continent Voyages to the Antarctic

Name: Race to the White Continent Voyages to the Antarctic
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ISBN: 9780393323214

ISBN-10: 0393323218

ISBN-13: 9780393323214

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alan Gurney

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In the 1830s, the forbidding Antarctic region represented the ultimate mystery. This volume provides and account of three expeditions south, and those who came after.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946

Alan Gurney is a former yacht designer and photographer living in Suffolk, England. His previous books include Compass and Race to the White Continent.



Introduction


Prologue



The Background



Blubber Hunters and Traders



The Sea Surveyors--French



The Sea Surveyors--British



Terra Australis



Holes at the Poles



Infinite Confusion



Wilkes Takes Charge



Hurrah! for the Exploring Expedition



South Pacific Prelude



The Everlasting Expedition



Haunted by Cook



The Magnetic Crusade



To the Pillars of the Gateway



The Pilgrims of the Ocean



Perplexing Navigation



Antarctic Aftermath


Epilogue


Maps


Bibliography


Index