An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

An Empire of Ice

Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

By
Edward J. Larson
Edward J. Larson
2011 • 361 pages

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80 books

History

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Samuel Proulx
Moon Shot : The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
The Mindset list of the obscure
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
How Music Works

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49 books

Science

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Samuel Proulx
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?: And Other Everyday Mysteries of Science
Moon Shot : The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet
Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet

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144 books

Nonfic Nature

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Wilderness and the American Mind
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game
Gifts of the Crow
The Arrogance of Humanism
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

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218 books

Nonfic Bios

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Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom
George Washington: A Biography
James Madison: A Biography
John Adams: A Life
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
His Excellency: George Washington

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66 books

Nonfic His Maritime

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Two Years Before the Mast
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
To Rule the Waves
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

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8 books

Nonfic Exploration

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The stowaway
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science