Download or read book Four to the Pole written by Nancy Loewen and published by Shoe String Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition known as AWE, told through diary excerpts, dispatches, letters, and narrative.
Download or read book With Scott to the Pole written by Herbert George Ponting and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell…which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our bodies must tell the tale' Robert Falcon Scott's 'message to the public' c. 29 March 1912 Through Beau Riffenburgh's narrative and the perfectly composed images of Herbert Ponting, With Scott to the Poletells the story of the triumph and tragedy of Scott's 1910-13 expedition to the South Pole. Along with four companions, the explorer reached the pole only to be bitterly disappointed to discover the Norwegian flag planted there by Roald Amundsen. Scott and his men could no longer hope to secure the first attainment of the South Pole for the British Empire, and their despondency shows in the photographs that survived them. Yet with grit and courage they started on the 800 mile return from the pole. A harrowing time ensued. By the time they were within 11 miles of a depot which would have saved them they had already lost two members of the expedition, and it was at this point that Scott and his remaining two companions were overcome by a blizzard and died. With Scott to the Pole is a fitting tribute not only to Ponting 's spell-binding aesthetic vision, but also to a magnificent story of adventure and heroism.
Download or read book South Pole written by Christine Dell'Amore and published by Exclusive Selection. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it's a piece of history learned by every British student, the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains an epic story unknown to many. In this ultimate showing of life and boundless bravery, Robert F. Scott and his five-man team battled the elements--traveling through subzero temperatures with motor sledges and ponies--in the hope of being the first to reach this uninhabited territory. Arriving at the South Pole on January 18, 1913, the adventurers were greeted by their worst nightmare: a Norwegian flag. Disheartened and badly frostbitten, they trudged back toward their boat, only to die just eleven miles from the next depot. This well-documented journey is starkly relived in this waterproof, over-sized edition featuring a historic collection of stunning black-and-white photography on waterproof paper, and excerpts from Scott's harrowing diary uniquely crafted in calligraphy. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies
Download or read book Annabelle at the South Pole written by R. W. Alley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annabelle is trapped inside on a cold, wintry afternoon with her brothers and sister. When they won’t stop pestering her, she sets off into the snowy backyard in search of adventure, and soon finds herself at the South Pole in the company of an abominable (but adorable) snowman. This magical winter story joins Clark in the Deep Sea, Gretchen Over the Beach, and Mitchell on the Moon in a four-book series that celebrates the power of imagination, created by the veteran children’s book illustrator R. W. Alley.
Download or read book North to the Pole written by Will Steger and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-person account of the 1986 dog-sled expedition to the North Pole, the first to reach the North Pole without resupply since Robert E. Peary in 1909. A new afterword brings readers up to date on team members' lives"--
Download or read book Tipi written by and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of tipis, describing the different ways in which they were constructed, the many symbolic designs used to decorate them, and the practical and spiritual significance they had in the lives of Native Americans.
Download or read book Document written by Boston (Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South Pole Station written by Ashley Shelby and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York TimesBook Review Editors’ Choice A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year Hudson Booksellers Book of the Year One of the New York Post’s Best Books of the Summer One of The Millions’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year IndieNext Pick A Time Magazine “What to Read Now” Selection A wry novel set at the edge of the earth about the courage it takes to band together, even as everything around you falls apart Unmoored by a recent family tragedy, Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty and on the verge of ruining her career. So when the opportunity arises to join the National Science Foundation’s Artists & Writers Program in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance—and finds herself in the company of others who are just abnormal enough for Polar life, a group of eccentrics motivated by desires as ambiguous as her own. When they are joined by a fringe scientist who claims climate change is a hoax, the Polies’ already-imbalanced community is rattled, bringing them to the center of a global controversy and threatening the ancient ice chip they call home.
Download or read book Cycling to the South Pole written by Maria Leijerstam and published by Maria Leijerstam. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2013 Maria Leijerstam set a double world record for being the first and fastest person to cycle to the South Pole from the edge of the Antarctic continent. Her book describes what it took to get her to the start and the finish of her world first expedition.
Download or read book The Indian Tipi written by Gladys Laubin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first edition of this book was published in 1957, the art of making a tipi was almost lost, even among American Indians. Since that time a tremendous resurgence of interest in the Indian way of life has occurred, resurgence due in part, at least, to the Laubins' life-long efforts at preservation and interpretation of Indian culture. As The Indian Tipi makes obvious, the American Indian is both a practical person and a natural artist. Indian inventions are commonly both serviceable and beautiful. Other tents are hard to pitch, hot in summer, cold in winter, poorly lighted, unventilated, easily blown down, and ugly to boot. The conical tipi of the Plains Indian has none of these faults. It can be pitched by one person. It is roomy, well ventilated at all times, cool in summer, well lighted, proof against high winds and heavy downpours, and, with its cheerful fire inside, snug in the severest winter weather. Moreover, its tilted cone, trim smoke flaps, and crown of poles, presenting a different silhouette from every angle, form a shapely, stately dwelling even without decoration. In this new edition the Laubins have retained all the invaluable aspects of the first edition, and have added a tremendous amount of new material on day-to-day living in the tipi: the section on Indian cooking has been expanded to include a large number and range of Indian foods and recipes, as well as methods of cooking over an open fire, with a reflector oven, and with a ground oven; there are new sections on making buckskin, making moccasins, and making cradle boards; there is a whole new section on child care and general household hints. Shoshoni, Cree, and Assiniboine designs have been added to the long list of tribal tipi types discussed. This new edition is richly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, and drawings to aid in constructing and living in the tipi. It is written primarily for the interested amateur, and will appeal to anyone who likes camping, the out-of-doors, and American Indian lore.
Download or read book Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole written by Stan Berenstain and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a lot going on at the South Pole! There are slippery slopes and frozen floes and wild animals all around. But when one penguin goes looking for adventure, he doesn't see anything exciting at all going on. Could it be he's just not looking closely enough? From the creators of the Berenstain Bears comes a storybook filled with adventure for all.
Download or read book The South Pole written by Roald Amundsen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.
Download or read book Twenty Four Sleeps Until Santa written by PNP PORTABLE NORTH POLE and published by Juniper Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical book by Portable North Pole There are only twenty-four nights to go before Christmas. Are you finding it hard to wait? To help make the time fly by, Santa Claus has created a little game for you to play: each night, he hides the key to his magical world. It’s up to you to find the key on each page, hidden among the magical elves and animals as they prepare for the big night! The illustrations capture moments from the magical PNP world, which is both fantastical and amazingly realistic—so even the most skeptical audience will be convinced that Santa really does exist! The book includes a code to create your own custom video from Santa.
Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Surveying written by Robert Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power Conversion and Control of Wind Energy Systems written by Bin Wu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the latest power conversion and control technology in modern wind energy systems. It has nine chapters, covering technology overview and market survey, electric generators and modeling, power converters and modulation techniques, wind turbine characteristics and configurations, and control schemes for fixed- and variable-speed wind energy systems. The book also provides in-depth steady-state and dynamic analysis of squirrel cage induction generator, doubly fed induction generator, and synchronous generator based wind energy systems. To illustrate the key concepts and help the reader tackle real-world issues, the book contains more than 30 case studies and 100 solved problems in addition to simulations and experiments. The book serves as a comprehensive reference for academic researchers and practicing engineers. It can also be used as a textbook for graduate students and final year undergraduate students.
Download or read book Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes annual report of its council (1941-48, in pt. 1).
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