An empire of ice Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science /

Main Author: Larson, Edward J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10471890
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300 |a xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a "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. 
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600 1 0 |a Shackleton, Ernest Henry,  |d 1874-1922. 
650 0 |a Scientific expeditions  |x History  |y 20th century.  |z Antarctica 
651 0 |a Antarctica  |x Discovery and exploration 
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