An edition of 1912
(2012)
1912
the year the world discovered Antarctica
by Chris Turney
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1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and in 1912 five teams of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race of the era - to travel beyond the edges of the known world and conquer this last great frontier.
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1912: the year the world discovered Antarctica
2012, Bodley Head
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Table of Contents
Looking polewards : early ventures south
An audacious plan : Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
A new land : Robert Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913
Of reindeer, ponies and automobiles : Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian bid for the South Pole, 1910-1912
The dash patrol : Nobu Shirase and the Japanese South Polar Expedition, 1910-1912
Locked in : Wilhelm Filchner and the second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912
Ice-cold in Denison : Douglas Mawson and the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1913
Marytrs to Gondwanaland : the cost of scientific exploration
Appendix: Lord Curzon's notes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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