Pocket • 2007 • Engelsk

Below the Convergence

Name: Below the Convergence
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ISBN: 9780393329049

Av Alan Gurney

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This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable-often homemade-charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergen...Vis mer

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ISBN

9780393329049

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WW Norton Co

Publiseringsår

2007

Språk

Engelsk

Originaltittel

Below the Convergence

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Pocket

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