A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook's Circumnavigations to the Aviation Age

by Anne Strathie

A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects covers just over 150 years of polar exploration during which a mysterious southern continent and an elusive northern sea-route became less incognita and increasingly charted and understood.

The objects of the title include instruments used by explorers and scientists, their means of transport and representations of previously unrecorded sights and creatures. Others evidence how explorers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803991054
• ISBN13: 9781803991054
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 320 Pages