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The Voyage of the Discovery 2 Volume Set

The Voyage of the Discovery 2 Volume Set

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

General World History

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ISBN10: 1108075061
ISBN13: 9781108075060
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jul 31 2014
Pages: 1492
Weight: 3.85
Height: 3.40 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
At the outset of the twentieth century, Antarctica was scarcely explored or understood. Penetrating the pack ice in the purpose-built Discovery, the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-4) established a base in McMurdo Sound, enabling scientists and sledging parties to significantly push back the boundaries of the unknown. Published in 1905, this acclaimed two-volume work by the naval officer and expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) recounts the trials, errors and achievements of an undertaking which laid the foundations for future research and Scott's later journey to the South Pole. The work is greatly enhanced by many photographs as well as illustrations by the doctor, zoologist and artist Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912). Volume 1 traces the expedition's preparatory phases and the voyage from England to Antarctica via New Zealand. Volume 2 opens with the sledging journey made by Scott, Wilson and Ernest Shackleton which reached an unprecedented southern latitude.

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