Forgotten footprints : lost stories in the discovery of Antarctica /
Forgotten Footprints tells the story of the Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea: the most visited places in Antarctica. In 12 years John Harrison has visited the Antarctic over 40 times, where he works as a guide and lectures on adventure cruise ships. Here he offers a se...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cardigan :
Parthian Books,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Forgotten Footprints tells the story of the Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea: the most visited places in Antarctica. In 12 years John Harrison has visited the Antarctic over 40 times, where he works as a guide and lectures on adventure cruise ships. Here he offers a selection of highly readable anecdotal accounts of the merchantmen, navy men, sealers, whalers, and aviators who, along with scientists and adventurers, drew the first ghostly maps of the white continent. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (431 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781908946218 (electronic bk.) 1908946210 (electronic bk.) |