ORDEAL BY ICE: SHIPS OF THE ANTARCTIC
Written by Rorke Bryan
Published by Sheridan House
in 2011
ISBN: 9781574093124
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- EXPLORATION
- ANTARCTIC
- HISTORY
ORDEAL BY ICE: SHIPS OF THE ANTARCTIC
Written by Rorke Bryan.
Stock no. 1829810
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Antarctica is surrounded by some of the world's most hazardous seas and wass first sighted less than three centuries ago. Since then, ships have been of vital importance in Antarctic exploration. This is the story of these ships - some specially designed, some plucked from obscurity - and the critical role they played in opening up the continent. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings. vii and 536 pages including index. ISBN: 9781574093124. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and corners. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: First Encounters with the Southern Ocean
- Chapter 2: Into the Ice with Resolution
- Chapter 3: The South Shetland "Seal Rush" and the 'First' Discovery of Antartica
- Chapter 4: The Threshold of the Continent
- Chapter 5: The Dawn of the 'Heroic Age'
- Chapter 6: Nationalism and the Antarctic 'Exploration Rush'
- Chapter 7: Triumph and Tragedy: the Race to the South Pole
- Chapter 8: The Aftermath of the South Polar Obsession
- Chapter 9: Commercial Whaling and Territorial Claims
- Chapter 10: The Changing Role of Ships
- Chapter 11: A New Era in a 'Continent for Science'
- Chapter 12: Whalers, Scientists and Tourists
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Reference
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index