Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme
- ISBN-10
- 156976591X
- ISBN-13
- 9781569765913
- Series
- Antarctica
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-10
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Marilyn Landis
Description
The danger and excitement of Antarctic exploration from the earliest sea voyages through the 20th-century overland expeditions racing to the South Pole.
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- 2022-03-07
- 42 pages
- Paperback
- FASTLANE LLC
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