THE STORIED ICE
Not only a place of staggering scenic beauty and amazing wild life, the Antarctic Peninsula Region has an immensely rich and fascinating human history that stretches from the journey of Magellan until today. The Storied Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region vividly recounts this dramatic human story of Antarctica's most-visited region. Several expeditions to this part of Antarctica are well known, in particular the legendary Ernest Shackleton and his Endurance expedi tion. That journey is here along with many other less familiar but exciting from pack ice crushing ships and fearless sea voyages in tiny boats to hauling sledges for hundreds of miles and brave pilots flying the Antarctic skies. These are the tales of sealers, whalers, pioneer aviators, scientists, and several expeditions of Ant arctica's "Heroic Age". All of them are woven together, placing the individually captivating stories in a historical context that casts new light into each adventure.
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BOOTHE JOAN N.
Joan N. Boothe es historiadora especializada en la Antártida, autora de The Storied Ice, y miembro del Explorers Club desde 2007. Apasionada por las historias de exploración polar desde niña, trabajó en economía y docencia antes de viajar por primera vez a la Antártida en 1995. Desde entonces ha realizado múltiples expediciones, incluyendo una circunnavegación de 67 días del continente. En 2010 impartió un curso sobre la Era Heroica de la exploración antártica en Stanford. Vive en San Francisco con su familia desde 1970.
