Antarctica: A Biography
Author(s):
Day, David
Copyright: 2013, US
Specifications: 1st, thick 8vo, pp.ix, 614, 29 bw photos, map, map eps, dark blue/blue cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new
In this absorbing work, Day describes in detail two centuries of exploration, scientific investigations, and contentious geopolitics. Drawing from archives around the world, he provides a sweeping history of this vast unconquered land and the dynamic figures that have been drawn to it,