1912
Subtitle: the year the world discovered Antarctica
By: Chris Turney
Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781847921741; 9781448138739
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Discoveries in geography
Other titles: Nineteen twelve
Description: 1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and in 1912 five teams of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race of the era - to travel beyond the edges of the known world and conquer this last great frontier.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Looking polewards : early ventures south; title: An audacious plan : Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909; title: A new land : Robert Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913; title: Of reindeer, ponies and automobiles : Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian bid for the South Pole, 1910-1912; title: The dash patrol : Nobu Shirase and the Japanese South Polar Expedition, 1910-1912; title: Locked in : Wilhelm Filchner and the second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912; title: Ice-cold in Denison : Douglas Mawson and the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1913; title: Marytrs to Gondwanaland : the cost of scientific exploration; title: Appendix: Lord Curzon's notes.