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Ordeal by ice [Texte imprimé] : ships of the Antarctic / Rorke Bryan

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  • Ordeal by ice [Texte imprimé] : ships of the Antarctic / Rorke Bryan
  • Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, 2011
  • 1 vol. (VII-536 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm
  • 9781848321168
  • 1848321163
  • Bibliogr. (p. 504-516) and index
  • First encounters with the Southern Ocean ; Into the ice with Resolution ; The South Sheltland 'Seal Rush' and the 'First' discovery of Antarctica ; The threshold of the Continent ; The dawn of the 'Heroic Age' ; Nationalism and the Antarctic 'Exploration Rush' ; Triumph and tragedy: the race to the South Pole ; The aftermath of the South Polar obsession ; Commercial whaling and territorial claims ; The changing role of ships ; A new era in a 'Continent for Science' ; Whalers, scientists and tourist.
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