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Author Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Title An empire of ice : Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science / Edward J. Larson.
Publication Info New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2011.


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Descript xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents "Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.
ISBN 9780300154085 (clothbound)
0300154089 (clothbound)
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Author Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Subject Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica -- History -- 20th century.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Descript xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents "Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.
ISBN 9780300154085 (clothbound)
0300154089 (clothbound)
Author Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Subject Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica -- History -- 20th century.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Subject Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica -- History -- 20th century.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Descript xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents "Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In Challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.
ISBN 9780300154085 (clothbound)
0300154089 (clothbound)

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