Exploration of the Antarctic

Lead Author: Peter Saundry (other articles)
Content Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center (other articles)
Article Topics: Oceans, Wilderness, Environmental history, Geography and Environmental monitoring
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Sidney Draggan (other articles)
Last Updated: February 27, 2009

  See also Chronology of Antarctic Exploration.

  1. The Antarctic Myth
  2. Sighting Antarctica
  3. Early Exploration of Antarctica: Sealers
  4. Three National Expeditions to Antarctica
  5. Exploration of the Antarctic in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: Whalers and Others
  6. The "Heroic Age" of Antarctic Exploration
  7. Perspective of Antarctica in 1911
  8. Amundsen and Scott at the South Pole
  9. Mawson, Shackleton and the end of the "Heroic Age"
  10. Aerial Exploration of the Antarctic
  11. Antarctica and the International Geophysical Year
  12. Antarctic Exploration and the Antarctic Treaty System

Further Reading:

  1. Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme: 400 Years of Adventureby Marilyn J. Landis, Chicago Review Press, 2001 ISBN: 1556524285.
  2. South Pole: A Narrative History of the Exploration of Antarctica by Anthony Brandt, NG Adventure Classics, 2004 ISBN: 0792267974.
  3. Exploring Polar Frontiers: An Historical Encyclopedia, William James Mills, ABC-CLIO, 2003 ISBN: 1576074226.
  4. Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839, Alan Gurney, W.W. Norton and Company, 1997 ISBN: 0393039498.
  5. The Race to the White Continent, Alan Gurney, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002 ISBN: 0393323218.
  6. Index to Antarctic Expeditions, Scott Polar Research Institute, retrieved November 1, 2008
  7. Antarctic History, Polar Conservation Organization, retrieved February 16, 2009
  8. The United States in Antarctica, Report of the U. S. Antarctic Program External Panel, National Science Foundation, 1997
  9. Antarctic History, Antarctica Online, retrieved February 16, 2009
  10. The Antarctic Circle, retrieved February 16, 2009

Citation
Saundry, Peter (Lead Author); National Snow and Ice Data Center (Content source); Sidney Draggan (Topic Editor). 2009. "Exploration of the Antarctic." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 17, 2008; Last revised February 27, 2009; Retrieved November 20, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Exploration_of_the_Antarctic>
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