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Below the Convergence Voyages Towards Antarctica 1699-1839

By: Alan Gurney
320 pages, 18 illus, 15 maps
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  • Below the Convergence ISBN: 9780393329049 Paperback Apr 2007 Out of stock with supplier: order now to get this when available
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This "hugely entertaining book" ("The Daily Telegraph") tells of the first expeditions to Antarctica - all in search of land, glory, science and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable charts, these intrepid explorers were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant island they had imagined but an inhospitable, frozen expanse of rock, ringed by pack ice and icebergs.

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ALAN GURNEY's previous books include the highly acclaimed Compass (ISBN 978 0 393 32713 7) and Race to the White Continent (ISBN 978 0 393 32321 4).
By: Alan Gurney
320 pages, 18 illus, 15 maps
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An eminently readable book. The Times "This is a riveting read." The Economist "This is an old salt's book which can be read without irritation and with great pleasure by the armchair explorer." Frank McLynn, The Sunday Times "This is history as adventure and the writing matches it." New Scientist"
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