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Antarctica Discovery and exploration British British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) Cook, James 1728-1779 Courtauld, Augustine 1904-1959 Explorers Explorers Great Britain Biography Great Britain Hudson, Henry Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932Summary: Bestselling British author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend Captain James Cook as she traces his story in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CAPWheeler, 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 WheelerBaker, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BAKDugard, Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DUGRoberts, 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 ROBBawlf, 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 BAWWorsley, Frank Arthur
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1999
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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 MCGFiennes, 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 FIEGoodman, Joan Elizabeth
Summary: An account of Henry Hudson's four voyages in search of a passage to the Orient in the early seventeenth century and the discoveries made by him on the northeastern coast of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 1999