Arctica
Subtitle: exploring the poles
By: Yves de Chazournes
Publisher: Editions Place des Victoires
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9782809902549
Subjects: Pictorial works; Discovery and exploration; History; Discoveries in geography
Description: PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS. More tham 450 stunning photographes taken on expeditions to the South and North Poles with descriptions of the explorations and biographies of the men taking part.
Notes: Text in English, German and Dutch.
Table of contents: title: North Pole = Nordpol = Noordpol (Arctic: the conquest of the great north = Arktis: Die Eroberung des nöordlichen Eisemeers = Arktis: De Verovering van het Grote Noorden ; The first expedition of John Ross (1818) = Die erste Expedition von John Ross (1818) = John Ross' eerste expeditie (1818) ; The expeditions of William E. Parry (from 1819 to 1827) = Die Expeditionen von William E. Parry (von 1819 bis 1827) = Der expedities van William E. Parry (van 1819 tot 1827) ; The second expedition of the Rosses (1829-1833) = Die zweites Ross-Expedition (1829-1833) = De tweede expeditie van Ross en Clark (1829-1833) ; The John Franklin expedition (1845) = Die Franklin-Expedition (1845) = De expeditie van John Franklin (1845) ; The British Arctic expedition (1875-1876) = Die britische Arktis -Expedition (1875-1876) = De Britse Arctis expeditie (1875-1876) ; The Nansen expedition (1893-1895) = Die Nansen-Expedition (1893-1895) = De expeditie van Nansen (1893-1895) ; The first of Amundsen's expeditions (1903-1906) = Amundsens erste Expeditionen (1903-1906) = De eerste expeditie van Amundsen (1903-1906) ; The Peary and Cook expeditions (1908-1909) = Die Expeditionen von Peary und Cook (1908-1909) = De expedities van Peary en Cook (1908-1909) ; The expeditions of modern times (1925-2010) = Expeditionen in jüngerer Zeit (1925-2010); title: Expedities in moderne tijden (1925-2010)); title: Southy Pole = Südpol = Zuidpool (Antarctic: the golden age of Antarctic exploration = Antarktis: Das Goldene Zeitallter der Antarktis-Forschung = Antarctica: De Gouden Eeuw van de zuidpoolexpedities ; Dumont d'Urville and his Astrolabe (1838) = Dumont d'Urville und seine Astrolabe (1838) = Dumonr d'Urville en zijn Astrolabe (1838) ; The Antarctic expedition of James Clark Ross (1839-1843) = Die Antarktis-Expedition von James Clark Ross (1839-1843) = De zuidpoolexpeditie van James Clark Ross (1839-1843) ; The first expeditions of the Heroic Age (1897-1901) = Die ersten Expeditionen des Goldenen Zeitalters der Antarktis-Forschung = De eerste expedities van het Heldentijdperk (1897-1901) ; The British National Antarctic expedition (1901-1904) = Die British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) = De British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) ; Ernest Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) = Ernest Shackleton und die Nimrod-Expedition (1907-1909) = Ernest Shackleton en de Nimrod-expeditie (1907-1909) ; Roald Amunsen at the South Pole (1910-1911) = Roald Amundsen am Südpol (1910-1911) = Roald Amundsen op de zuidpool (1910-1911) ; Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-1912) = Robert Falcon Scott's Terra-Nova Expedition (1910-1912) = De Terra-Nova expeditie van Robert Falcon Scott (1910-1912) ; Ernest Shackleton and the Imperial Transantarctic expedition (1914-1916) = Ernest Shackleton und die Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916) = Ernest Shackleton en de Imperial Transantarctic Expedition (1914-1916) ; The Commonwealth Transantarctic expedition (1955-1958) = Die Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) = De Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) ; The last expeditions = Die letzten Expeditionen = De laatste expedities.