Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme
Subtitle: 400 Years of Adventure
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: August 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781556524806
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; History of other lands; Travel & holiday guides; Special Interest - Adventure; History: World; Science; History - General History; Antarctica; Polar Regions; Expeditions & Discoveries; Earth Sciences - Geography
First sentence: IN 600 B.C. ANTARCTICA LAY WRAPPED IN A WHITE FROZEN MANTLE, hidden fierce storms and endless swells of unknown seas, its seasons marked by the advance and retreat of ice.