Author: Richard Evelyn Byrd Publisher: Ohio State University Press ISBN: 0814208002 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
While cataloging Byrd's papers in 1996, Goerler (archivist, Ohio State U.) discovered the controversial explorer's diary and notebook which he frames with maps, photographs, a chronology of Byrd's life, his 1926 North Pole navigational report, and additional readings. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Michael Bright Publisher: Words & Pictures ISBN: 0711254745 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 65
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated guide with a fun and innovative flip book format that allows the reader to explore and compare the two Poles.
Author: Will Steger Publisher: ISBN: 9780873519908 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A first-person account of the 1986 dog-sled expedition to the North Pole, the first to reach the North Pole without resupply since Robert E. Peary in 1909. A new afterword brings readers up to date on team members' lives"--
Author: Stephen Colbert Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 1455523402 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 40
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"The sad thing is, I like it" - Maurice Sendak "The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation. Also Father's Day. Also, other times." - Stephen Colbert
Author: Roger Mear Publisher: Random House Value Publishing ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 360
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A behind-the-scenes account of the modern expedition that followed Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 route across Antarctica to the South Pole.
Author: Charles H. Hapgood Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press ISBN: 9780932813718 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 450
Book Description
Hapgood's tour de force is back in print! This riveting account of how earth's poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of Hapgood's extensive research of Antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earth's history -- occurring when earth's crust slips in the inner core -- and gives evidence for each one. It also predicts future pole shifts: a planetary alignment will cause the next one on 5 May 2000! Packed with illustrations, this book is the reference other books on the subject cite over and over again. With millennium madness in full swing, this is just the book to generate even more excitement at the unknown possibilities.
Author: Herbert George Ponting Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 9780747569688 Category : Antarctica Languages : en Pages : 240
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'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell…which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our bodies must tell the tale' Robert Falcon Scott's 'message to the public' c. 29 March 1912 Through Beau Riffenburgh's narrative and the perfectly composed images of Herbert Ponting, With Scott to the Poletells the story of the triumph and tragedy of Scott's 1910-13 expedition to the South Pole. Along with four companions, the explorer reached the pole only to be bitterly disappointed to discover the Norwegian flag planted there by Roald Amundsen. Scott and his men could no longer hope to secure the first attainment of the South Pole for the British Empire, and their despondency shows in the photographs that survived them. Yet with grit and courage they started on the 800 mile return from the pole. A harrowing time ensued. By the time they were within 11 miles of a depot which would have saved them they had already lost two members of the expedition, and it was at this point that Scott and his remaining two companions were overcome by a blizzard and died. With Scott to the Pole is a fitting tribute not only to Ponting 's spell-binding aesthetic vision, but also to a magnificent story of adventure and heroism.
Author: C. John Ramstad Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud ISBN: 9780878394463 Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 0
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"I loved Ralph Plaisted like my own dad. But even if you didn't know Ralph and his team, you will love this book. Ralph taught me the true spirit of adventure by living it. Who else could sit over a glass of scotch in Duluth looking out over Lake Superior's stark winter ice cap and dream of conquering the North Pole by snowmobile? Who else could realize that dream of having a United State Air Force plane radio to him at the Pole proclaiming 'Plaisted, every direction from where you fellas are is south!' That could--only--be Ralph. First to the Pole engages the reader on every twist and turn of this amazing journey. A journey that not only captures the North Pole, but the true spirit of adventure which was the fabric of my dear friend and wilderness mentor, Ralph Plaisted." --Eric Gislason, Longtime KSTP-TV Sports Reporter/Outdoor TV Show Host/Storyteller
Author: Richard Evelyn Byrd
Author: Michael Bright
Author: Will Steger
Author: Kevin O'Malley
Author: Stephen Colbert
Author: Roger Mear
Author: Charles H. Hapgood
Author: Herbert George Ponting
Author: C. John Ramstad
Author: Roland Huntford