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 Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s Tim Baughman EXPLORATION • 1999 • PAPER • 160 PAGES
This well written account of the pioneering Antarctic encounters stars Carsten Borchgrevnink, who spent the first winter on the continent in 1898 at the hut still standing at Cape Adare; Sir Clements R. Markham, the ambitious president of the Royal Geographical Society; and a lesser-known Scotsman, William Bruce.
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