By John Harrison
A mixture of historical past, geography, delusion, and private fact, this publication explores the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, and the Weddell Sea—the such a lot visited locations in Antarctica. full of attractive images by means of the writer from his travels, this list deals a variety of anecdotal bills of the merchantmen, army males, sealers, whalers, and aviators who, besides scientists and adventurers, drew the 1st ghostly maps of the white continent. It delves into the heads and hearts of these who have been pushed to find the unknown land and is perfect for the armchair traveller who desires to discover the continent’s earlier and current.
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