The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic - Hardcover

Gurney, Alan

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9780393050042: The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393050041 ISBN 13: 9780393050042

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000

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The international race to explore further south than anyone had ever penetrated follows nineteenth-century British, French, and American explorers through the dangerous ice packs and flows of Antarctica in search of glory. 12,000 first printing.

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About the Author:

Alan Gurney, a yacht designer and photographer, is the author of Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839. He lives in Scotland.

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Gurney combines a true love of the subject with the ability to weave history into a rousing story. He begins with Cook's explorations skirting Antarctica, and meanders through almost two centuries of southern exploration. The work concentrates on the voyages of the British, American, and the French. The author proves himself a great storyteller by taking his time to delve into the personalities and strange events behind some of the most daring ocean explorations. These range from the quirky, such as America's inspiration to explore Antarctica, which originated with John Symmes, who in 1818 theorized that the earth was hollow and that entrances could be found to the inner world through large holes at either pole, to the more practical scientific and exploitative excursions of the British and French. This historical romance of the sea is enthralling enough to make the most steadfastly land-loving reader want to set sail through arduous conditions to uncharted lands. Highly recommended. Eric Robbins
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