German exploration of the polar world : a history, 1870-1940 / David Thomas Murphy.
German exploration of the polar world : a history, 1870-1940 / David Thomas Murphy.
German exploration of the polar world : a history, 1870-1940 / David Thomas Murphy.
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2002.
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T0366509
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English
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x, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Map of German Expeditions to Antarctica -- Map of German Expeditions to the Arctic -- Introduction: The Lure of the Great Deed -- 1. Germany Discovers the Poles -- 2. Persistent Dangers, Unusual Luck -- 3. Imperial Failure in the Antarctic -- 4. The Search for Polar Redemption -- 5. The German Image...
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2002.
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Nebraska
Date Published
c2002.
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"German Exploration of the Polar World is the story of the generations of German polar explorers who braved the perils of the Arctic and Antarctic for themselves and their country. Such intrepid adventurers as Wilhelm Filchner, Erich von Drygalski, and Alfred Wegener are not as well known today as Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackle...
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German exploration of the polar world : a history, 1870-1940 / David Thomas Murphy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267).
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 919.8/58.
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T0366509
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74Vv0K3yPMbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0K3yPMbl
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0803232055 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803232051 (cloth : alk. paper)
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919.8
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991015742659702626
