Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme
Subtitle: 400 Years of Adventure
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781556524288
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Physical geography; Travel; History - General History; Discovery And Exploration (General); Science; Special Interest - Adventure; History: World; Antarctica; Expeditions & Discoveries; Polar Regions; Travel / Adventure; Discovery and exploration; Earth Sciences - Geography; Exploration
First sentence: IN 600 B.C. ANTARCTICA LAY WRAPPED IN A WHITE FROZEN MANTLE, hidden beyond fierce storms and endless swells of unknown seas, its seasons marked by the advance and retreat of ice.