Two Years Below the Horn: Operation Tabarin, Field Science, and Antarctic Sovereignty, 1944–1946
Andrew Taylor, Daniel Heidt, Whitney Lackenbauer
InTwo Years Below the Horn,engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during World War II. When mental strain led the operation’s first commander to resign, Taylor—a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience—became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition.
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Year:
2017
Edition:
Paperback
Publisher:
University of Manitoba Press
Language:
english
Pages:
480
ISBN 10:
0887557910
ISBN 13:
9780887557910
File:
PDF, 5.84 MB
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english, 2017