German exploration of the polar world : a history, 1870-1940 /
"German Exploration of the Polar World is the story of the generations of German polar explorers who braved the perils of the Arctic and Antarctic for themselves and their country. Such intrepid adventurers as Wilhelm Filchner, Erich von Drygalski, and Alfred Wegener are not as well known today...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2002.
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| Summary: | "German Exploration of the Polar World is the story of the generations of German polar explorers who braved the perils of the Arctic and Antarctic for themselves and their country. Such intrepid adventurers as Wilhelm Filchner, Erich von Drygalski, and Alfred Wegener are not as well known today as Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Robert E. Peary, or Richard E. Byrd, but their bravery and the hardships they faced were equal to those of the more famous polar explorers."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267). |
| ISBN: | 0803232055 9780803232051 |