[bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books
- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:10:05 -0600
I can hardly wait to start reading these books. However, I should probably
read books about the North and South Pole during the heat and humidity of
the summer rather than during the winter here in Wisconsin! We had 30 below
zero a couple of nights last week, but not quite as cold now and a real heat
wave by the weekend, maybe 30 degrees above zero!
Do you have any books about living and working at the scientific station at
the South Pole? That would be very interesting!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books
> Most of the books I have are very accessible, very enjoyable.
> Huntford's works are exhaustive, but never dull.
> In addition to the book on Shackleton, he also wrote a duel biography of
> Robert Falcon Scot and Roald Amundsen, called The Last Place on Earth
> (American title), and a biography of F. Nansen, Norwegien explorer.
> Brian Miller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:48 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Polar exploration books
>
>
> > Go ahead and submit them, Brian. I'll validate the
> > Shackleton one if it's interestingly written and if no
> > one else does it before I get to it (I have several to
> > do before that). I enjoyed the TV special with the
> > same title. Was it based on the book?
> >
> > Are the others interestingly written for the lay
> > person or very scholarly and dry?
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > If folks are interested, I have a rather extensive
> > > library of polar
> > > exploration titles -- all scanned. I used to teach
> > > a course on exploration
> > > and I taught a section on the search for the
> > > northwest passage and the race
> > > for the South Pole.
> > > Among my titles is the ultimate bio of Shackleton by
> > > Rolland Huntford,
> > > simply called Shackleton.
> > > I'll upload if there are takers for validation. The
> > > quality of the scan is
> > > high.
> > > Brian Miller
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:02 AM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] too much imagination
> > >
> > >
> > > > I watched Shackleton's Adventure the other night,
> > > and it made me really
> > > > cold. The whole exploration team spent 16 months
> > > living on a glacier with
> > > > insufficient sleeping bags and tents. And I
> > > thought Minnesota was bad!
> > > <lol>
> > > > Kellie
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
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