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| Named Person: | Graham Collier |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Graham Collier; Patricia Graham Collier |
| ISBN: | 0786706538 9780786706532 |
| OCLC Number: | 42656618 |
| Notes: | First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing Ltd 1999. |
| Description: | xiv, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Part One; West Antarctica -- Punta Arenas, Cape Horn and the Convergence in the wake of Magellan and Francis Drake -- Deception, elephant and Shackleton's race for survival -- From the Antarctic Peninsula to Peter I Island -- The Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Island, and Shackleton's dash for the Pole -- Scott's last expedition -- With Campbell and Mawson south and west of Cape Adare. Part Two; East Antarctica -- The tough birds and beasts of Crozet and Kerguelen -- Icebreaking with the Adelies -- The monoliths and the emperors of East Antarctica. |
| Responsibility: | account by Graham Collier ; photographed by Patricia Graham Collier. |
Abstract:
"The author 'set out to retrace portions of the historic journeys of pioneering polar explorers such as Roald Amundsen, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott and James Ross....Collier's wife, Patricia, who accompanied him on his Antarctic treks, took the stunning color photographs, complementing his eloquent narrative with images of the continent's eerie beauty.'"
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