A Continent for Science: The Antarctic Adventure, by Lewis, Richard S.
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A Continent for Science: The Antarctic Adventure, by Lewis, Richard S.. Viking: New York, 1966. Edition: Second printing. Hardcover, 7 by 10.5 inches, 300 pages. Blue cloth with white and black lettering on spine, white silhouette of Antarctica on cover, maps as endpapers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes reference notes and Index. Forward by Dr. Thomas O. Jones, National Science Foundation.

Condition: Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Spine ends and corners bumped, top page edges slightly darkened. Jacket shows light chipping at spine ends and corners. Light ink notations of former pricing on back jacket flap.

Contents: From the jacket

Conceived as a labor of love after the author's two trips to Antarctica to report on scientific developments there for his newspaper, A Continent for Science is the first definitive history of the world's last land frontier. Beginning with the belief of the ancient Greeks in the existence of a southern polar land, the book traces the evolution of this concept through the centuries until the "southern Land Not Yet Known" was finally sighted in 1820. Although the first explorers to set foot on the seventh continent found that it had nothing to offer greed exploitation, the remote white world continued to challenge heroic men. , ,

Assisted by many splendid photographs and maps, Mr. Lewis's text vividly depicts the scientists at work and explains the significance of their findings. Among the illustrations of historical interest are rare photographs taken in 1911 during the famous Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole, which ended with the tragic death of Sir Robert Scott and his men.