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Author Wright, John H

Title Blazing ice : pioneering the twenty-first century's road to the South Pole / John H. Wright ; foreword by David M. Bresnahan
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2012

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Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I GETTING STARTED: MENACE AND HELP -- 1. Linda -- 2. Denver -- 3. Frontier Attitude -- 4. French Connections -- pt. II CREVASSES, SWAMPS, AND DISAPPOINTMENT -- 5. Crossing the Shear Zone -- Year One -- 6. Crossing It Right -- Year One -- 7. Crossing the Ross Ice Shelf -- Year Two -- 8. That Word: Ruminations on the Meaning of Road and the Influence of Terrain -- 9. Farthest South -- Year Three -- 10. Traverse to Williams Field -- pt. III YEAR FOUR: PROOF -- 11. Return to Farthest South -- 12. Sastrugi -- 13. Farther South -- 14. Going In with Airplanes -- 15. Christmas at South Pole -- 16. Return to McMurdo
Summary Antarctica like you've never seen it before
Notes Includes index
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Subject TRAVEL -- Polar Regions.
Discoveries in geography
Ecology
Social conditions
SUBJECT Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005493
Antarctica -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Antarctica -- Environmental conditions
Subject Antarctica
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012023729
ISBN 9781612344522
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