[PDF] Exploring Polar Regions eBook

Author : Harry S. Anderson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 160413190X

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Starting with the final expedition of John Franklin, 19th-century England's most honored and respected Arctic explorer, the opening of the polar regions resulted in the establishment of the multitudes of research stations that produce observations, measurements, and data crucial to all areas of scientific inquiry. The first mariners to venture south signed on for voyages that lasted for years with no guarantee they would return. If they did come back from the frigid zones, it was with their health permanently damaged by bouts of scurvy and months of inadequate diet. Yet, there was never a shortage of eager, courageous men willing to replace the unfit. ""Exploring the Polar Regions, Revised Edition"" tells the story of polar exploration and the men who wittingly put themselves in danger to take on the unknown frozen straits. Coverage of this title includes: the mythical stories of a 'Great Southern Continent' and the numerous Spanish, French, and British explores who searched for it; a description of the race to the North Pole, including various explorers' theories on how to achieve this goal; Roald Amundsen's and Robert Scott's race to the South Pole in 1911 and 1912; how developments in equipment, machines, and communications changed exploration; and, Ernest Shackleton's epic voyage between 1914 and 1916 to Antarctica Aerial exploration of Antarctica.

Author : Judy Dodge Cummings
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 12,47 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1629680486

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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of polar regions. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers to the Arctic and Antarctic, examines the explorers who journeyed to these frigid areas, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed sidebars, vivid photos, helpful maps, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of the topic. Additional features include a table of contents, a selected bibliography, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : William Speirs Bruce
Publisher : London : Williams and Norgate
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Antarctica
ISBN :

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General introduction to scientific exploration of polar regions, with sections on polar environment, land and sea ice, fauna and flora, aims and objects of exploration, etc.

Author : Barbara Saffer
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736890199

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Examines the history of polar exploration and the adventures of some polar explorers including Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Peary, and Ernest Shackleton.

Author : Jen Green
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 31,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780872264892

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"Exploring the Polar Regions" describes the perils of Arctic and Antarctic travel, and the courage of the explorers who first mapped these frozen wastelands. It tells of the quest for the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages through icy Arctic seas, of Peary's conquest of the North Pole, Shackleton's epic journey and the race for the South Pole. You will learn why these explorers set out, hazards they encountered along the way, what they discovered in the farthest reaches of the Earth, and more. Clear maps and superb reconstructions bring these journeys vividly to life.

Author : William James Mills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2003-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1576074234

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Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.

Author : Herman Ralph Friis
Publisher : Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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Twenty-six papers on history of U.S. polar exploration.

Author : Julie Richards
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9781921454110

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A complete teaching package on the theme of polar regions (Antarctica and the Arctic) which provides: an authoritative overview of the topic, including a learning focus statement, background information, key concepts and essential vocabulary ; differentiated student worksheets for junior, middle and senior levels, providing activities such as conducting experiments, drawing and labelling diagrams, reading and interpreting information, to reinforce the concepts and skills ; teaching resources including project guidelines, independent inquiry assessment, question generator grid and glossary. The book is divided into eight work units covering aspects of the biological, chemical, earth, environmental, physical and geographical sciences: What is an environment?, What is a polar region? Polar plants, Polar animals, Living together, People of the polar regions, Products of the polar regions, Protecting polar regions.

Author : Adrian Howkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1108627951

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The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is a landmark collection drawing together the history of the Arctic and Antarctica from the earliest times to the present. Structured as a series of thematic chapters, an international team of scholars offer a range of perspectives from environmental history, the history of science and exploration, cultural history, and the more traditional approaches of political, social, economic, and imperial history. The volume considers the centrality of Indigenous experience and the urgent need to build action in the present on a thorough understanding of the past. Using historical research based on methods ranging from archives and print culture to archaeology and oral histories, these essays provide fresh analyses of the discovery of Antarctica, the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, the fate of the Norse colony in Greenland, the origins of the Antarctic Treaty, and much more. This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of our planet.