Bøger af Chris Turney

"The South Pole discovered" trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story. Antarctica was awash with expeditions. In 1912, five separate teams representing the old and new world were diligently embarking on scientific exploration beyond the edge of the known planet. Their discoveries not only enthralled the world, but changed our understanding of the planet forever. Tales of endurance, self–sacrifice, and technological innovation laid the foundations for modern scientific exploration, and inspired future generations.To celebrate the centenary of this groundbreaking work, 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica revisits the exploits of these different expeditions. Looking beyond the personalities and drawing on his own polar experience, Chris Turney shows how their discoveries marked the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. He makes use of original and exclusive unpublished archival material and weaves in the latest scientific findings to show how we might reawaken the public's passion for discovery and exploration

1912 WAS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR, MARKING THE HEIGHT OF THE HEROIC AGE OF EXPLORATION. CURIOSITY ABOUT ANTARCTICA WAS AT FEVER PITCH, AND BETWEEN 1910 AND 1914 FIVE TEAMS OF INTREPID EXPLORERS EMBARKED ON THE GREATEST RACE OF THE ERA, TO TRAVEL BEYOND THE EDGES OF THE KNOWN WORLD AND CONQUER THIS LAST GREAT FRONTIER. PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER WERE CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT FOR BRITAIN, ROALD AMUNDSEN FOR NORWAY, SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON FOR AUSTRALASIA, WILHELM FILCHNER FOR GERMANY AND NOBU SHIRASE FOR JAPAN. `CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE!` TRUMPETED THE WORLD`S NEWSPAPERS IN MARCH 1912. AMUNDSEN HAD WON. BUT BEHIND ALL THE HEADLINES, THERE WAS A MUCH BIGGER STORY. THE EXPLOITS OF THESE LARGER-THAN-LIFE EXPLORERS, OFTEN NARRATED IN THEIR OWN WORDS, THRILLED AND ENTHRALLED THE WORLD; THE LIMITS OF OUR PLANET WERE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH POLE AND THE DOOR TO ANTARCTICA FLUNG WIDE OPEN. DRAWING ON HIS OWN POLAR EXPERIENCES, CHRIS TURNEY REVEALS WHY 1912 WITNESSED THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THE TALES OF ENDURANCE, SELF-SACRIFICE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THAT MARKED 1912 LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR MODERN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION AND HAVE CONTINUED TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 1912 IS AN AWE-INSPIRING JOURNEY - PART NAIL-BITING ADVENTURE, PART SCIENTIFIC HISTORY - THROUGH AN ANCIENT AND FASCINATING LAND.

Outlines and assesses various methods used to reconstruct and explain past interaction between people and their environment.