Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice

Author: Gillen D'Arcy Wood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughs.] Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion. Land of Wondrous Cold tells a gripping story of the pioneering nineteenth-century voyages, when British,...Read more