This is a comprehensive history of Antarctica from the earliest human contact through to the present. It covers the early explorers (Polynesians), the flora and

This is the first book to draw together a history of science in Antarctica.

Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography

True-life accounts of adventure and the exploration of the frozen world of Antarctica are accompanied by a study of the continent's wildlife, climate, geology,

The words of the great explorers of Antarctica--James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd--are gathered together in th