The history and development of protective clothing in Antarctica

• Main Author: Britten, Roy
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2001
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14040

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.