Antarctica:journeys to the South Pole
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Scholastic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 134 p.: ill. ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
0439220017 (hbk.) 9780439220019 (hbk.) |
Index Number: | N816 |
CLC: | N816.61-49 |
Call Number: | N816.61-49/M996 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Into the unknown: James Cook crosses the antarctic Circle -- Hard work in the frigid cold -- Race begins: James Clark Ross's South Pole expedition -- Tyrant: Charles Wilkes and the first American scientific expedition to Antarctica -- Exploration in the moder age -- Discover expedition -- Ernest Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition. |