Nansen and the Fram (plus 7 other stories)

• Main Author: Allison, I
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society of Tasmania 2018
• Subjects: Philosophy and Religious Studies; History and Philosophy of Specific Fields; History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science); Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://rst.org.au/product/poles-apart-fascination-fame-and-folly/; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130529

The last two frontiers on Earth, the Antarctic and the Arctic, are the stuff of heroes, heartache, courage, mystery, misery, endurance and loss. All these and more are captured in the pages of Poles Apart: Fascination, Fame and Folly. This wonderful book lays out, in a series of snapshots, mankinds incredible persistent battle in firstly taming and secondly understanding our amazing icy wilderness.