1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
by Chris Turney
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History. Nonfiction. HTML:"The South Pole discovered" trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story. Antarctica was awash with expeditions. In 1912, five separate teams representing the old and new world were diligently embarking on scientific exploration beyond the edge of the known planet. Their discoveries not only enthralled the world, but changed show more our understanding of the planet forever. Tales of endurance, self–sacrifice, and technological innovation laid the foundations for modern scientific exploration, and inspired future generations.To celebrate the centenary of this groundbreaking work, 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica revisits the exploits of these different expeditions. Looking beyond the personalities and drawing on his own polar experience, Chris Turney shows how their discoveries marked the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. He makes use of original and exclusive unpublished archival material and weaves in the latest scientific findings to show how we might reawaken the public's passion for discovery and exploration. show less
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Mr Turney leads the reader through the various expeditions that converged on Antarctica during the year 1912 and they are a wide ranging group of individuals with a wide ranging set of results. My biggest complaint is that the prose never manages to be more than mildly interesting. Still, if you want an in-depth look at this year in Antarctica, the author does a good job of pulling all those accounts together.
Wideranging, all the expeditions of that time, and a historic glance back to Capt Cook and many others, as well as clear summaries of geological and oceanographic aspects. Who knew that the japanese were there under n unsung hero Shires.
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Chris Turney is an Australian and British geologist living in Sydney. He led the radiocarbon dating on the "Hobbit" fossil of Flores, Indonesia that hit the headlines worldwide in 2004, and has published numerous scientific articles. In 2011, he was awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. Turney has been described by show more The Saturday Times as "the new David Livingstone." show less
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- Important places
- Antarctica
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, History, Travel, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 919.89 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polar regions Antarctica
- LCC
- G870 .T87 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Arctic and Antarctic regions
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