Exploring the Polar Regions (Discovery & Exploration)

Anderson, Harry S.

ISBN 10: 160413190X ISBN 13: 9781604131901

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Describes the explorations of the North and South Poles, including the expeditions of John Franklin, Roald Amundsen, Robert Peary, and Ernest Shackleton.

About this title

About the Author:

Harry S. Anderson holds a B.A. and an M.Lit. from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. from Temple University. He has taught at Delaware State College, Temple University, and McGill University and has served as the director of the Humanistic Studies Program at McGill University. Anderson has had a lifelong interest in polar explorations and Arctic cultures and spent sabbatical time in Norway.

From Booklist:

Gr. 8-11. Despite an unappealingly dense, drab design, this study in the Discovery and Exploration series will find favor with motivated readers for its meaty combination of soberly related but hair-raising adventures and sharp analyses of the physical, cultural, and political effects wrought by Europe's empire building. After noting that, at least before the twentieth century, the objective of every expedition to the polar regions eventually changed from an exploration of new territory to a desperate attempt to survive, he chronicles the search for the Northwest Passage, efforts to reach both poles, and modern progress in exploring Antarctica. Illustrated with a relatively generous array of unfortunately poorly reproduced black-and-white photos, prints, and maps, and closing with extensive multimedia resource lists, this book, like Kevin Grant's companion volume, Exploration in the Age of Empire: 1750-1953, also now available, will be a solid addition to academically oriented collections. John Peters
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About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 160413190X
• ISBN 13: 9781604131901
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 116
• Editor: Bowman John S., Isserman Maurice