Alan Gurney, Author . Norton $22.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-05073-8
British writer, photographer and yacht designer Gurney (The Race to the White Continent
) sets his sights on the events leading to the invention Victor Hugo called "the soul of the ship." Centuries ago, a sailor's directional aids were...
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Alan Gurney, Author W. W. Norton & Company $27.5 (315p) ISBN 978-0-393-03949-8
Long before Admiral Byrd's well-publicized expeditions and the race to the South Pole by Scott and Amundsen, other, now long-forgotten explorers, adventurers and ordinary seal hunters made or tried to make their way to Antarctica. Gurney, a Scots...
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Alan Gurney, Author W. W. Norton & Company $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-05004-2
Though much less well known than the famous Antarctic expeditions of Amundsen and Shackleton, the three pathbreaking national expeditionsDAmerican, French and BritishDthat explored the southern ice pack between 1837 and 1842 are equally memorable,...
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