An Empire of ice : : Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic age of Antarctic Science
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"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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PUBLISHED
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xiv, 326 p. : ill., [16] p. of plates, maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780300154085
0300154089
SUBJECTS
Scott, Robert Falcon, -- 1868-1912.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, -- Sir, -- 1874-1922.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica -- History -- 20th century.
Antarctica -- British.