An empire of ice Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science / [electronic resource] :
Edward J. Larson.
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
- xiv, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Three cheers for the dogs" -- A compass pointing south -- The empire's mapmaker -- In challenger's wake -- Taking the measure of men -- March to the penguins -- Discovering a continent's past -- The meaning of ice -- Epilogue : heroes' requiem.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780300159769 (electronic bk.)
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912. Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.