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.