Review of The life of Jose Maria Sobral: scientist, diarist, and pioneer in Antarctica, by Mary R. Tahan (2018). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 336 pp. ISBN 978-3-319-67267-0

A very young man, the first Argentine to explore and work in Antarctica, a man alone in many ways, a man who kept a diary: Jos Mara Sobral (18801961) was a member of the Swedish South Polar Expedition (19011903) shore party of six men, headed by Professor Otto Nordenskjld, which worked on Snow Hill...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Millar, P
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Polar Research 2018
Subjects:
Studies in Human Society
Other Studies in Human Society
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Argentine
Mara
Hill Island
Snow Hill Island
Sobral
Snow Hill
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3756/9970
https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3756
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/136994
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Summary:A very young man, the first Argentine to explore and work in Antarctica, a man alone in many ways, a man who kept a diary: Jos Mara Sobral (18801961) was a member of the Swedish South Polar Expedition (19011903) shore party of six men, headed by Professor Otto Nordenskjld, which worked on Snow Hill Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. His presence among the Scandinavians was a trade-off for the support of the Argentine government, which had supplied food and provisions. Sobral, a 21-year-old under-lieutenant in the Argentine navy, performed expedition work in meteorology

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