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Antarctica Discovery and exploration British British India History British India Social life and customs Courtauld, Augustine 1904-1959 Explorers Great Britain Biography Geologists Great Britain Biography India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Sharp, Nancy 1909-2001 Surveyors Great Britain Biography Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932McGoogan, Kenneth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.9 MCGRoberts, David
Summary: "The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing." By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8 ROBFiennes, Ranulph
Contents: Markham's grand design -- Torpedo Lieutenant Scott -- Order out of chaos -- Through the pack ice: 1901-1902 -- Nudging the great barrier: 1902 -- Dogs, skis, and men -- The first winter -- The southern journey: 1902-1903 -- Lost on the Plateau: 1903-1904 -- A promise broken -- The race begins: 1910 -- Near disaster: 1911 -- The worst journey: 1911 -- he dangerous glacier -- The black flag --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 FIEWheeler, Sara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY WheelerBawlf, R. Samuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 BAWThomson, Keith
Summary: "As early as 1530, reports of El Dorado, a city of gold in the South American interior, beckoned to European explorers. Whether there was any truth to the stories remained to be seen, but the allure of unimaginable riches was enough to ensnare dozens of would-be heroes and glory hounds in the desperate hunt. Among them was Sir Walter Raleigh: ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 918.804 THOWorsley, Frank Arthur
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DUGBaker, Deborah
Summary: "John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers--W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender--achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest's summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain's struggle to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2018