[bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books
- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:54:28 -0600
I'd also be interested in the polar exploration books!! Louise
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:48 AM
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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