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First on the Antarctic Continent : Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900

1 Jan 1980

Around the 182os intensive fur seal hunting took place in the archipelago around the Antarctic Peninsula, leading to the discovery of a number of islands and the tip of the Peninsula. [...] Towards the end of the century there was again a growing interest in the South Polar regions, resulting in the foundation of Antarctic Committees in the United Kingdom and Australasia inter alia. [...] The latter in particular aroused the interest of the scientific community since it had earlier been thought that the rigour of the Antarctic winter was fatal to all vegetable life. [...] Undoubtedly his Antarctic report to the 6th International Geographical Congress in London in 1895 was one of the highlights of the meeting, which adopted a resolution that the exploration of the Antarctic regions should be given top priority. [...] Dogs were used for the first time in the Antarctic, and his expedition was the first to explore the Ross Ice Shelf and to describe the Bay of Whales (Hvalbukta) by which Amundsen, Byrd and others made their later entries into the continent.
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Authors

C. E. Borchgrevink, Tore Gjelsvik

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page vii) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Date published
1980.
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
919.8/9
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
19
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Reprint of edition: London : G. Newnes, 1901, with new introduction added Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
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ISBN
0773505156 9780773592445
LCCN
G850 1898
LCCN Item number
B92 1980eb
Modifying agency
DLC
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (xv, vii 333 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00234665 (OCoLC)883909565 (CaOOCEL)448135
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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CaOONL

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