Antarctic Pioneer : The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911069643703321
• Autore: Kafarowski Joanna
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto : , : Dundurn Press, , 2022; ©2022
• ISBN: 9781459749559; 1459749553
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Classificazione: cci1icc
• Disciplina: 919.8904092
• Soggetti: Women explorers - United States; Explorers - United States; Exploratrices - États-Unis; Explorateurs - États-Unis; Discoveries in geography; Discoveries in geography - American; Explorers; Travel; Women explorers; Biography; Biographies.; Antarctica Discovery and exploration; Antarctica Discovery and exploration American; Antarctique Découverte et exploration; Antarctica; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part One: Before Antarctica -- 1 Overcoming the Odds -- 2 Meeting Finn -- Part Two: The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948) -- 3 The Beginning -- 4 Getting There -- 5 The Adventure Gets Underway -- 6 Striving for Glory -- 7 Afterward -- ; Part Three: Working for Antarctica -- 8 An Explorer's Private Life -- 9 A New Era Begins -- 10 Life After Finn -- Epilogue -- Women in Antarctica Map -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Image Credits -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed forever after marrying rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. She participated in the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1946-1948. Jackie Ronne dedicated her life to Antarctica and helped shape the narrative of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.