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This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of
Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from
collections around the world. Retracing the history of Antarctica
through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections
across the world, this beautiful and absorbing book is published to
coincide with the 250th anniversary of the first crossing into the
Antarctic Circle by James Cook aboard Resolution, on 17th January
1773. It presents a gloriously visual history of Antarctica, from
Terra Incognita to the legendary expeditions of Shackleton and
Scott, to the frontline of climate change. One of the wildest and
most beautiful places on the planet, Antarctica has no indigenous
population or proprietor. Its awe-inspiring landscapes - unknown
until just two centuries ago - have been the backdrop to feats of
human endurance and tragedy, scientific discovery, and
environmental research. Sourced from polar institutions and
collections around the world, the objects that tell the story of
this remarkable continent range from the iconic to the exotic, from
the refreshingly mundane to the indispensable: - snow goggles
adopted from Inuit technology by Amundsen - the lifeboat used by
Shackleton and his crew - a bust of Lenin installed by the 3rd
Soviet Antarctic Expedition - the Polar Star aircraft used in the
first trans-Antarctic flight - a sealing club made from the penis
bone of an elephant seal - the frozen beard as a symbol of
Antarctic heroism and masculinity - ice cores containing up to
800,000 years of climate history This stunning book is both
endlessly fascinating and a powerful demonstration of the extent to
which Antarctic history is human history, and human future too.
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