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MARC recordEdward Whymper 1840-1911: tragic hero of the age of Alpinism / Joseph A. Summer.
| Title: | Edward Whymper 1840-1911: tragic hero of the age of Alpinism / Joseph A. Summer. |
| Author(s): | Summer, Joseph A. |
| Date: | 2007. |
| Abstract: | Brief biography of Edward Whymper focusing on alpine mountaineering exploits but mentioning two expeditions to Greenland (1867 and 1872), where he travelled across glaciers by dog-sled and collected geological specimens. |
| Keywords: | 551.324.24 -- Ice sheets and caps. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1867 Whymper. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1872 Whymper. 92 -- Biographies: Whymper, Edward. 93"18" -- Nineteenth century. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. (234.3) -- Alps. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-PAM: 92[Wh] |
| SPRI record no.: | 179760 |
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