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A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839–43
James Clark Ross
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Paperback. Explorer James Clark Ross (1800-1862) published this two-volume account of his 1839-1843 expedition to the Antarctic in 1847. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 478 pages, 12 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JH; HBTP; RGR; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
James Clark Ross (1800–1862) was an explorer who served in the Royal Navy and made his first Arctic trip in 1818 on an unsuccessful mission to find the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On the basis of his polar experience, he was appointed to lead further expeditions, and by 1839 he found himself on the opposite side of the world in the Antarctic, with Joseph Dalton Hooker as his on-board naturalist. This two-volume account of the four-year voyage was published in 1847. Ross' findings led him to the conclusion that there was life on the sea floor ... Read more
James Clark Ross (1800–1862) was an explorer who served in the Royal Navy and made his first Arctic trip in 1818 on an unsuccessful mission to find the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On the basis of his polar experience, he was appointed to lead further expeditions, and by 1839 he found himself on the opposite side of the world in the Antarctic, with Joseph Dalton Hooker as his on-board naturalist. This two-volume account of the four-year voyage was published in 1847. Ross' findings led him to the conclusion that there was life on the sea floor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108030854
SKU
V9781108030854
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