To the Ends of the Earth by Richard Sale
This text provides an insight into the early history of the Polar regions, and tells the stories of Man's first exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic, and subsequent expeditions. The history of individual Polar expeditions has been told many times, but usually only as personal accounts of individual adventures. This misses the overall context of polar exploration - why the British depended on ponies, or plant-eating animals (on the only continent where plants don't grow), why Franklin's men perished when the local Eskimos were eking out an existence around them (and reporting Franklin's demise), and why the Scandinavians were always better than anybody else.The first map of Antarctica was produced in 1556 - the Vikings visited the Arctic 1,000 years before. In 2001, the US Base at the South Pole is manned 365 days a year. The book tells the whole story of how the two last wildernesses, at either end of the world, were discovered, conquered and tamed.
Richard Sale is an experienced explorer who has climbed and trekked all over the world, but is most at home in the Arctic and higher terrains. His previous accounts of Arctic travel appear in Arctic Odyssey and On Top of the World.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007111244 |
| ISBN 10 | 000711124X |
| Title | To the Ends of the Earth |
| Author | Richard Sale |
| Series | Lecture Notes In Computer Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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