The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic

The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910

By:

Jean Charcot

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

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This 1911 publication, translated from the French, vividly describes the varied hardships and satisfactions of Antarctic exploration and scientific research in the early twentieth century. Son of the famed neurologist, Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) commanded the Pourquoi-Pas? on its hazardous journey into the ice-bound regions south of Cape Horn. Illustrated with numerous photographs, his journal entries provide a rich account of daily life aboard the ship and out on the ice, including encounters with seals and penguins, and Christmases gathered around a cardboard tree. Building on the advances made by previous expeditions, including his own on the Francais (1903-5), Charcot and his men, ranging in their expertise from astronomy to zoology, set out to further push back the boundaries of the unknown 'for the honour of French science'. The precise mapping of more than a thousand miles of Antarctic coastline ranked as one of the expedition's foremost achievements.

Release date Australia

April 13th, 2014

Author

Jean Charcot

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Translated by Philip R. Walsh

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

51 b/w illus. 1 map

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

402

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

Dimensions

170x244x21

ISBN-13

9781108076753

Product ID

22789712

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