LEADER 03710nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910457395303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-33177-2 010 $a9786613331779 010 $a0-300-17846-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300178463 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064345 035 $a(OCoLC)761697815 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10511628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11385839 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492535 035 $a(PQKB)10002358 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420754 035 $a(DE-B1597)486231 035 $a(OCoLC)1011439690 035 $a(OCoLC)1013946009 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300178463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511628 035 $a(OCoLC)923596644 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064345 100 $a20110316d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe roof at the bottom of the world$b[electronic resource] $ediscovering the Transantarctic Mountains /$fEdmund Stump 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-17197-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Through the Portal --$t2. From the Sea to the Ice Plateau --$t3. Fire, Ice, and the Magnetic Pole --$t4. Penetrating the Interior --$t5. Beyond the Horizon --$t6. Earth's Land's End --$t7. To the IGY and Beyond --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix 1 --$tAppendix 2 --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aGeology$zAntarctica$zTransantarctic Mountains 606 $aOrogeny$zAntarctica$zTransantarctic Mountains 607 $aTransantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeology 615 0$aOrogeny 676 $a551.43/209989 700 $aStump$b Edmund$0912377 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457395303321 996 $aThe roof at the bottom of the world$92456021 997 $aUNINA