A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, During the Years 1839-43 2 Volume Set

by James Clark Ross

James Clark Ross (1800-1862) was an explorer who served in the Royal Navy and made his first Arctic trip in 1818 on an unsuccessful mission to find the North-West Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On the basis of his polar experience, he was appointed to lead further expeditions, and by 1839 he found himself on the opposite side of the world in the Antarctic, with Joseph Dalton Hooker as his on-board naturalist. This two-volume account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108030874
• ISBN13: 9781108030878
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 988 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 5.7" x 8.5"