German Exploration of the Polar World
Subtitle: A History, 1870-1940
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: June 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780803232051
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; World history: Second World War; Polar Regions; Germany; Arctic Islands And Antarctica - History; Germany - History; History - General History; History: World; Arctic regions; Europe - Germany; Expeditions & Discoveries; History / Germany; Discovery and exploration; Explorers; German; History
Description: "German Exploration of the Polar World is the story of the generations of German polar explorers who braved the perils of the Arctic and Antarctic for themselves and their country. Such intrepid adventurers as Wilhelm Filchner, Erich von Drygalski, and Alfred Wegener are not as well known today as Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Robert E. Peary, or Richard E. Byrd, but their bravery and the hardships they faced were equal to those of the more famous polar explorers."--BOOK JACKET.