| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Series |
Earth series |
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Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
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| Contents |
Where is the South Pole? -- Maps and mythologies -- Polar imaginations -- Pole-hunting -- Settling in at 'Ninety South' -- Highest, coldest, driest ...? -- Looking up and looking down -- South Polar politics -- Pictures of nothingness -- Adventurers and extreme tourists |
| Summary |
Annotation As one of two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, yet it is a highly sought-after location, and reaching it on foot is one of the most extreme adventures an explorer can undertake. The Pole is, as Leane shows, a deeply imagined place, and a place of politics, where a series of national claims converge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2019) |
| Subject |
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica.
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Human ecology -- Antarctica
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HISTORY -- Polar Regions.
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Discoveries in geography
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Ecology
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Human ecology
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Scientific expeditions
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Social aspects
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| SUBJECT |
South Pole. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125597
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South Pole -- Discovery and exploration
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South Pole -- Social aspects
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Antarctica -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Antarctica
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Antarctica -- South Pole
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781780236292 |
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1780236298 |
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1780235968 |
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9781780235967 |
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