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MARC recordA chronology of Antarctic exploration: a synopsis of events and activities from the earliest times until the International Polar Years, 2007-09 / Robert Keith Headland.
| Title: | A chronology of Antarctic exploration: a synopsis of events and activities from the earliest times until the International Polar Years, 2007-09 / Robert Keith Headland. |
| Author(s): | Headland, Robert Keith. |
| Date: | 2009. |
| Publisher: | London: Quaritch |
| Abstract: | Historical chronology of all Antarctic regions lists voyages to far south and Antarctica in particular, with 4865 detailed entries for expeditions and related historical events. Record begins in 700 BC and includes those directly engaged in exploration and research; sealers and whalers exploiting resources; and accidental discoveries made by early merchants blown off course. Comprehensive introduction includes basic geographical information and statistics of region, with particular emphasis on comparative data and lesser known places; notes on legislation, territorial sovereignty and Antarctic Treaty System; natural resources; national Antarctic operations; winter scientific stations and bases; and statistical examination of whaling and sealing operations. |
| Notes: | Reviewed by Ian Stone in Polar Record, 2010, 46(237) :189-190; in Antarctican Society Newsletter, 2009, 08-09(3) :6; by Max Corry in Aurora, 2009, 29(2) :15-17; by Lawson Brigham in Polar Geography, 2010, 33(1-2) :83-85; by Stephen Scott-Fawcett in James Caird Society Journal 2010, 5 :77; and by Robert B. Stephenson in Nimrod : the Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. 2009, 3 :135-139. |
| Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 03 -- Reference works. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. 639.247.4 -- Sealing industry. 93 -- History. 378.4 -- Universities: Great Britain. Cambridge University. Scott Polar Research Institute. .000(410) -- British author: SPRI. V -- History. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*78) -- Sub-Antarctic islands. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-LIO: (Library Office) (*7) |
| ISBN: | 9780955085284 |
| SPRI record no.: | 186326 |
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