Through the First Antarctic Night 1898 - 1899 - Softcover

9780966561319: Through the First Antarctic Night 1898 - 1899

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ISBN 10: 0966561317 ISBN 13: 9780966561319

Narrative of the first expedition to spent the long Antarctic night below the Antarctic Circle. The "Belgica" was icebound in the Bellinghausen Sea for over a year, becoming a virtual laboratory of human endurance for its 19-member multinational crew. The cereers of both of the future discoverers of the Poles--Roald Amundson (South Pole 1911) and Frederick A. Cook (North Pole 1908)were joined in this expedition. This account by Cook, the ship's surgeon, was first published in 1900. New color photos and essays by two Polar historians comprise the Centennial reprint edition.

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Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)was a physician, anthropologist, author and explorer. The first American to explore both Polar regions, he was part of Robert E. Peary's North Greenland Expedition in 1891-92, was credited with saving the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1897-99, led a relief expedition for Peary and two others in Greenland and mounted his North Polar Expedition in 1907-09. He is credited by many as the fierst to reach and describe the conditions at the North Pole in 1908. He was founder of the Arctic Club and the American Alpine Club and third president of the Explorers Club.

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Erscheinungsdatum: 1831
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0966561317
ISBN 13: 9780966561319
Einband: Taschenbuch
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