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• The mirror & the eye
• The eye & the mirror
• Transantarctica I
• From chart to art
• The physical plant
• Navigating nature
• Pole
• The history of ice
• Transantarctica II
• Orbiting Antarctica
• On the mountain of myth
• From art to chart
• On the edge of time.

Antarctica is a vast, desolate place that is truly unlike any other on earth. Featuring a 1300-mile-long mountain range, 200 mph winds, and less precipitation than the Sahara Desert, the continent is both forbidding and spectacular. Author William Fox spent months traveling and studying this massive continent, and in "Terra Antarctica he has combined his experiences with the rich artistic and scientific history of Antarctica in an attempt to understand this amazing place. Fox recounts unnerving experiences like being caught in a whiteout, camping on the volcano Mount Erebus during a hurricane, and taking frigid hikes past the edge of the mapped world. Fox also relates conversations with other researchers he encounters during his travels, and analyzes how our understanding of Antarctica has impacted our understanding of ourselves. Insightful and penetrating, "Terra Antarctica combines multiple lines of study to reveal how humans have come to understand one of the world's strangest places.
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Robert de la Croix describes the exploration of Antarctica, and tells the story of the men who made it possible.

• Newfoundland:
• St. Brandon, p. 5-24.
• Leif Ericsson, p. 37-45.
• Humphrey Gilbert, p. 68-73.

From Homer to Haig-Thomas (1938), excerpts from the explorers own writings.

First published in 1939. Contains some additions to the text and to the illustrations.

Brief account of knowledge (then held) on polar research and statement of its problems. Includes chapters on expedition history, the oceans, sea ice, the Eskimo and individual regions of the arctic. (AB 2326).