TABLE OF CONTENTS. A Century after Scott and Amundsen, the Antarctic Still Beckons. By John Horgan. THE NORTH POLE. The North Pole and Its Seekers October 28, 1868 New Expeditions to the Arctic ...

It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, ...

Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. With the presence of Antarctica firmly established, the stage was set for the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration from the late 19th century to 1917. During this ...

An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science Edward J. Larson. Yale Univ., $16 trade paper (326p) ISBN 978-0-300-18821-9 ...

NSF-funded researcher finds camp site from the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration Find comes almost exactly a century after site was abandoned ...

Tom Edinburgh, Jonathan J. Day. Estimating the extent of Antarctic summer sea ice during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The Cryosphere, 2016; 10 (6): 2721 DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-2721-2016; ...

The Heroic Age Disasters were the hallmark of early polar exploration, often referred to as the "heroic age" of discovery because each venture required superhuman efforts merely to survive.

Apr. 15—During the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) led three expeditions to the polar region. His adventurous life was ...

I’ve always had an interest in polar exploration, so I was happy to discover the book “Unsung Hero: Antarctic Survivor” about the life and adventures of the exceptional seaman Tom Crean ...

It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and ...

An era of breathless anticipation came to an end on March 7, 1912, when Roald Amundsen landed in Tasmania and sent telegrams announcing that he and his team of Antarctic explorers had reached the ...