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Author Kirwan, Laurence.

Title A history of polar exploration / by L. P. Kirwan.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, 1960.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  998 K63    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Originally published in London in 1959 under title: The white road.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index.
Contents Greeks, Norsemen, and Monks -- A Northern Passage to Cathay -- Dutch and English rivalry in the Arctic -- Arctic and Antarctic : the age of strategy and exploration -- Cook and the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle -- After the napoleonic Wars -- The Royal Navy takes the lead -- The first sightings of the Antarctic Continent -- Russia enters the Antarctic -- A British sealer circumnavigates the Continent -- The United states exploring expedition -- Europe revives Antarctic exploration -- The Arctic Cruise of Erebus and terror : the mystery of Sir John Franklin -- New men and new motives : America approaches the Pole -- The Scandinavian ascendancy : Nordenskiƶld and Nansen -- The Scandinavian ascendancy : Sverdrup and Amundsen -- The turn of the century : the revival of Antarctic exploration -- Scott and The Discovery Expedition -- The conquest of the North Pole -- Shackleton returns -- The race to the South Pole -- Coast and continent -- Between the two world wars -- The Second World War and after : the significance of the Polar Regions.
Subject Polar regions -- History.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Other Form: Online version: Kirwan, Laurence. History of polar exploration. [1st American ed.] New York, W.W. Norton [1960, c1959] (OCoLC)576635041
Online version: Kirwan, Laurence. History of polar exploration. [1st American ed.] New York, W.W. Norton [1960, c1959] (OCoLC)631445141
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