02350nam 2200529 450 991082836170332120230126214353.01-78023-629-8(CKB)3710000000666734(MiAaPQ)EBC4526840(Au-PeEL)EBL4526840(CaPaEBR)ebr11211400(CaONFJC)MIL923310(OCoLC)949989236(EXLCZ)99371000000066673420160606h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSouth Pole /Elizabeth LeaneLondon, England :Reaktion Books,2016.©20161 online resource (234 pages) illustrations, photographsEarth Series1-78023-596-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Where is the South Pole? -- Maps and mythologies -- Polar imaginations -- Pole-hunting -- Settling in at 'Ninety South' -- Highest, coldest, driest ...? -- Looking up and looking down -- South Polar politics -- Pictures of nothingness -- Adventurers and extreme tourists.As one of two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, yet it is a highly sought-after location, and reaching it on foot is one of the most extreme adventures an explorer can undertake. The Pole is, as Leane shows, a deeply imagined place, and a place of politics, where a series of national claims converge.Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))Scientific expeditionsAntarcticaHuman ecologyAntarcticaSouth PoleDiscovery and explorationSouth PoleSocial aspectsAntarcticaEnvironmental conditionsScientific expeditionsHuman ecology919.9Leane Elizabeth1596042MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828361703321South Pole3930229UNINA