[PDF.98uo] Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839

Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839

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 | #2450611 in Books |  Alan Gurney |  2007-03-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.20 x.90 x5.50l,.63 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

 | Below the Convergence Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699 1839

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A solid book about the dawn of Antarctic exploration|By Jim Short|"Below The Convergence" is a well structured book about the efforts of a variety of explorers, sealers and whalers who laid the groundwork for the ultimate race to the South Pole. Living as we do in a time when geo-mapping satellites fly over the South Pole regularly and send back imagery with resolution of a fe| |“Will delight both the armchair traveler and the intellectual tourist.”
- Chicago Tribune|About the Author|Alan Gurney is a former yacht designer and photographer living in Suffo

“A great adventure story.”―Dava Sobel, New York Times Book Review

This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley’s 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny’s 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing,...

You easily download any file type for your device.Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839   |  Alan Gurney. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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