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The voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic, the journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910, Jean Charcot ; translated by Philip Walsh

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The voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic, the journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910, Jean Charcot ; translated by Philip Walsh

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

912536350

Responsibility statement

Jean Charcot ; translated by Philip Walsh

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. Polar explorationCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910

Summary

This 1911 publication, translated from the French, vividly describes the varied hardships and satisfactions of Antarctic exploration and scientific research in the early twentieth century. Son of the famed neurologist, Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) commanded the Pourquoi-Pas? on its hazardous journey into the ice-bound regions south of Cape Horn. Illustrated with numerous photographs, his journal entries provide a rich account of daily life aboard the ship and out on the ice, including encounters with seals and penguins, and Christmases gathered around a cardboard tree. Building on the advances made by previous expeditions, including his own on the Français (1903–5), Charcot and his men, ranging in their expertise from astronomy to zoology, set out to further push back the boundaries of the unknown 'for the honour of French science'. The precise mapping of more than a thousand miles of Antarctic coastline ranked as one of the expedition's foremost achievements.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- From Havre to Punta Arenas -- 1. The summer of 1908-9 -- 2. Autumn, winter and spring, 1909 -- 3. The summer of 1909-10

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