{"id":51065,"date":"2024-03-04T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=51065"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:29:56","slug":"antarctic-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/antarctic-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antarctica or \u201cAntarktikos\u201d was imagined to exist by Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who supposed there must be a \u201ccounter balance\u201d to the top heavy Northern Hemisphere and the Great Bear constellation of \u201cArktos\u201d above the North Pole (now known as the Big Dipper). But, Polynesian oral narratives of voyaging suggest that it may have been the M\u0101ori people who first set eyes on Antarctic waters, and possibly even the continent, in the 7th<\/sup> century CE. Once Western European explorers began to compete to be \u201cfirst discoverers\u201d just 200 years ago, official records were kept of the successes and failures of each voyage. While Captain James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle and circumnavigated the continent twice in the latter half of the 18th<\/sup> century, he was prevented from actually sighting land due to pack ice. It wasn\u2019t until the 1820\u2019s that Antarctica was actually spotted and recognized as a continent by Lt. Charles Wilkes.<\/p>\n

Eventually, in 1912, Roald Amundsen and four companions became the first explorers to reach the geographic South Pole by skis and sled dogs. It was a 1,600 mile round trip that took 99 days. Once the Antarctic Treaty was initially signed in 1961, the continent was reserved for peaceful and cooperative scientific research. This has resulted in such discoveries as land mammal fossils (first found in March 1982) and plant life (such as ferns) that prove the continent was in a much more temperate climate zone in eons past.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in reading more about true adventures to the Antarctic region, check out these NON-FICTION<\/strong> titles (or view the Frozen Planet DVDs):<\/p>\n

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Or, if you prefer to be enthralled by a FICTIONAL<\/strong> adventure to Antarctica, take a look at these books:<\/p>\n

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NON-FICTION LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ship beneath the ice : the discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance<\/a> by Mensun Bound<\/p>\n

The Endurance : Shackleton’s legendary Antarctic expedition<\/a> by Caroline Alexander<\/p>\n

Madhouse at the end of the Earth : the Belgica’s journey into the dark Antarctic night<\/a> by Julian Sancton<\/p>\n

The impossible first : from fire to ice–crossing Antarctica alone<\/a> by Colin O\u2019Brady<\/p>\n

Iced in : ten days trapped on the edge of Antarctica<\/a> by Chris Turney<\/p>\n

The stowaway : a young man’s extraordinary adventure to Antarctica<\/a> by Laurie Gwen Shapiro<\/p>\n

Dinosaurs rediscovered : the scientific revolution in paleontology<\/a> by M. J. (Michael J.) Benton<\/p>\n

Frozen Planet I DVD<\/a><\/p>\n

Frozen Planet II DVD<\/a><\/p>\n

F<\/strong>ICTION LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cold people : a novel<\/a> by Tom Rob Smith<\/p>\n

Fast ice : a novel from the Numa files<\/a> by Clive Cussler<\/p>\n

All the white spaces : a novel<\/a> by Ally Wilkes<\/p>\n

Whiteout<\/a> by Adriana Anders<\/p>\n

South Pole Station : a novel<\/a> by Ashley Shelby<\/p>\n

Midnight<\/a> by Amy McCulloch<\/p>\n

Beyond the ice limit : a Gideon Crew novel<\/a> by Douglas J. Preston<\/p>\n

The Split<\/a> by S. J. Bolton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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