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An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science by Edward J Larson |
This is a fascinating account of the extensive and varied scientific research conducted by daring explorers, who risked their lives to learn about emperor penguins, massive glaciers, frozen fossils, underwater marine world, and much more, including their race to the Pole, with excellent original maps. Describing the triumph and tragedy of the polar expeditions, it paints a wonderful picture of the era, and is certainly suitable for the general public as well as scientists of all kinds.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 105 Summer 2022 ) |
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