Posts Tagged ‘Antarctica’

In Search of the South Pole

Published December 14th, 2011

In Search of the South Pole
In Search of the South Pole, the best book we’ve seen on polar exploration in many a year, captures the ambition, romance and thrill of adventuring in Antarctica. Kari Herbert (daughter of polar explorer Sir Wally) and husband Huw Lewis-Jones collared an international who’s who of explorers, historians, scientists and polar experts for this irresistible
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Celebrating South Pole 100

Published December 14th, 2011

Celebrating South Pole 100
Bravo, Amundsen! “And at last we reached our destination,” wrote Roald Amundsen 100 years ago on December 14, 1911 at the South Pole. The Prime Minister of Norway is already at the Pole, the King of Norway will unveil a new national monument, and “Framheim, A Village Under the Ice,” a reconstruction of Amundsen’s long-lost
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Deception Island

Published November 11th, 2011

Deception Island
Kindly Contributed by Joan Boothe, Antarctic traveler and author of The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica’s Peninsula Region. “When I was eight or nine years old, I read about Scott and Amundsen and the “Race for the South Pole,” and from then on, I was hooked on Antarctic history and things Antarctic
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Ross Island, Antarctica

Published April 26th, 2011

Ross Island, Antarctica
Kindly contributed by Ed Larson, professor of history, traveler and author of An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science. Travel is one of my passions. Since graduation, I have visited nearly 100 countries and all seven continents, much of it with a backpack and traveling locally by train or
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