Alan
Gurney - The race to the white continent
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In the 1830s much of the world was still unexplored territory
to European and American travelers, and the forbidding Antarctic
region represented perhaps the ultimate mystery. As the
decade drew to a close, three expeditions to the Pole were
launched simultaneously by the United States, France, and
Britain, each nation vying to be the first to forge a path
through the ice and venture farther south than any vessel
had ever sailed before. The leaders of these expeditions
were U.S. Navy officers Charles Wilkes, seasoned French
explorer Dumont d'Urville, and Royal Navy captain James
Clark Ross.
The Race to the White Continent is a colorful
and captivating account of the travels and adventures of
these navigators, who paved the way for the explorers, traders,
and whalers of what was to become known as the Heroic Age
of Antarctic exploration.
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