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South Pole /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leane, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, [2016]
Series:Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
Subjects:
South Pole.
South Pole > Discovery and exploration.
South Pole > Social aspects.
Scientific expeditions > Antarctica.
Human ecology > Antarctica.
Antarctica > Environmental conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Where is the South Pole?
  • Maps and mythologies
  • Polar imaginations
  • Pole-hunting
  • Settling in at 'Ninety South'
  • Highest, coldest, driest...?
  • Looking up and looking down
  • South Polar politics
  • Pictures of nothingness
  • Adventurers and extreme tourists.