Below the Convergence

Tells of the first expeditions to Antarctica - all in search of land, glory, science and profit. With unreliable charts, the intrepid explorers were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant island they had imagined but an inhospitable, frozen expanse of rock, ringed by pack ice and icebergs.

Autorentext
Alan Gurney was a former yacht designer and photographer. His books include Compass, The Race to the White Continent, and Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica: 1699-1839.

Klappentext
From astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the "Eliza Scott, Below the Convergence" tells the story of British, American, and Russian expeditions to Antarctica-the fabled Terra Australis Incognita.

Zusammenfassung
A great adventure story.Dava Sobel, New York Times Book Review

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