South Pole
By: Elizabeth Leane
Series: Earth series; Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781780235967
Subjects: Social aspects; Scientific expeditions; Human ecology; Environmental conditions; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Nature and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: Where is the South Pole?; title: Maps and mythologies; title: Polar imaginations; title: Pole-hunting; title: Settling in at 'Ninety South'; title: Highest, coldest, driest...?; title: Looking up and looking down; title: South Polar politics; title: Pictures of nothingness; title: Adventurers and extreme tourists.