03710nam 2200649Ia 450 991045739530332120200520144314.01-283-33177-297866133317790-300-17846-810.12987/9780300178463(CKB)2550000000064345(OCoLC)761697815(CaPaEBR)ebrary10511628(SSID)ssj0000540973(PQKBManifestationID)11385839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540973(PQKBWorkID)10492535(PQKB)10002358(MiAaPQ)EBC3420754(DE-B1597)486231(OCoLC)1011439690(OCoLC)1013946009(DE-B1597)9780300178463(Au-PeEL)EBL3420754(CaPaEBR)ebr10511628(OCoLC)923596644(EXLCZ)99255000000006434520110316d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe roof at the bottom of the world[electronic resource] discovering the Transantarctic Mountains /Edmund StumpNew Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (273 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-17197-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --1. Through the Portal --2. From the Sea to the Ice Plateau --3. Fire, Ice, and the Magnetic Pole --4. Penetrating the Interior --5. Beyond the Horizon --6. Earth's Land's End --7. To the IGY and Beyond --Epilogue --Appendix 1 --Appendix 2 --Glossary --Bibliography --IndexThe Transantarctic Mountains are the most remote mountain belt on Earth, an utterly pristine wilderness of ice and rock rising to majestic heights and extending for 1,500 miles. In this book, Edmund Stump is the first to show us this continental-scale mountain system in all its stunning beauty and desolation, and the first to provide a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of the region's discovery and exploration. The author not only has conducted extensive research in the Transantarctic Mountains during his forty-year career as a geologist but has also systematically photographed the entire region. Selecting the best of the best of his more than 8,000 photographs, he presents nothing less than the first atlas of these mountains. In addition, he examines the original firsthand accounts of the heroic Antarctic explorations of James Clark Ross (who discovered the mountain range in the early 1840's), Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Richard Byrd, and scientists participating in the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). From these records, Stump is now able to trace the actual routes of the early explorers with unprecedented accuracy. With maps old and new, stunning photographs never before published, and tales of intrepid explorers, this book takes the armchair traveler on an expedition to the Antarctic wilderness that few have ever seen.GeologyAntarcticaTransantarctic MountainsOrogenyAntarcticaTransantarctic MountainsTransantarctic Mountains (Antarctica)Electronic books.GeologyOrogeny551.43/209989Stump Edmund912377MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457395303321The roof at the bottom of the world2456021UNINA