South Pole
Title:
South Pole
JLCTITLE245:
Elizabeth Leane.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Reaktion Books, 2016.
Physical Description:
232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781780235967
Series:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218) and index.
Variant Title:
Cover title: South Pole : nature and culture
Contents:
Where is the South Pole? -- Maps and mythologies -- Polar imaginations -- Pole-hunting -- Settling in at 'Ninety South' -- Highest, coldest, driest...? -- Looking up and looking down -- South Polar politics -- Pictures of nothingness -- Adventurers and extreme tourists.