Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The South Polar Times: April to October 1911
Author: The South Polar Times
Author: Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Antarctica, Art and Archive
Author: Polly GouldPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350158356
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Antarctica, that icy wasteland and extreme environment at the ends of the earth, was - at the beginning of the 20th century - the last frontier of Victorian imperialism, a territory subjected to heroic and sometimes desperate exploration. Now, at the start of the 21st century, Antarctica is the vulnerable landscape behind iconic images of climate change. In this genre-crossing narrative Gould takes us on a journey to the South Pole, through art and archive. Through the life and tragic death of Edward Wilson, polar explorer, doctor, scientist and artist, and his watercolours, and through the work of a pioneer of modern anthropology and opponent of scientific racism, Franz Boas, Gould exposes the legacies of colonialism and racial and gendered identities of the time. Antarctica, the White Continent, far from being a blank - and white - canvas, is revealed to be full of colour. Gould argues that the medium matters and that the practices of observation in art, anthropology and science determine how we see and what we know. Stories of exploration and open-air watercolour painting, of weather experiments and ethnographic collecting, of evolution and extinction, are interwoven to raise important questions for our times. Revisiting Antarctica through the archive becomes the urgent endeavour to imagine an inhabitable planetary future.
The South Pole
Author: Roald AmundsenPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3861952564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.
The English Catalogue of Books [annual]
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Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1901-1914
Author: The Geographical Journal
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Reader's Index and Guide
Author: The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: Race to the South Pole
Author: Roald AmundsenPublisher: White Star Publishers
ISBN: 9788854402171
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert Scott. Amundsen organized his gripping account using what is referred to in the film industry as the zooming technique. It starts in the past, examining the history of Antarctic exploration in different eras, and then moves ahead to describe how his own expedition was created, its organization, the slow stages involved in preparing for departure and, finally, the heart-stopping excitement of the race to the South Pole. Supplementing the vivid first-person text are black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the actual expedition, and color photographs depicting the landscape of Antarctica.