The history and development of protective clothing in Antarctica
Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population — it is simply too extreme an environment. No human set foot on Antarctica until, perhaps, John Davis in 1821, and there has been continuous human habita- tion only since the second world war. Antarctica is the only continent with no n...
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| Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
| Language: | English |
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University of Canterbury
2001
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14040 |
| Summary: | Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population — it is simply too extreme an environment. No human set foot on Antarctica until, perhaps, John Davis in 1821, and there has been continuous human habita- tion only since the second world war. Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population — it is simply too extreme an environment. No human set foot on Antarctica until, perhaps, John Davis in 1821, and there has been continuous human habita- tion only since the second world war. |
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