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Mary R. Tahan The Return of the South Pole Sled Dogs With Amundsen’s and Mawson’s Antarctic Expeditions

Is the first book to track the surviving sled dogs of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1912 who returned from the South Pole Provides a detailed analysis of Roald Amundsen’s utilization of sled dogs to promote his achievement and image Portrays some of the sled dogs’ subsequent work with the Douglas Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1914 Tells the little-known story of the sled dogs who participated in Arve Staxrud’ s Norwegian Arctic Rescue Mission of 1913 to save members of the Herbert Schroeder-Stranz German Arctic Expedition Documents the significant role and legacy of sled dogs in Polar exploration 1st ed. 2021, XXV, 467 p. 89 illus., 46 and human history illus. in color. This book documents the return of the surviving sled dogs of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1912 from Antarctica, where they had helped Roald Amundsen become Printed book the first human to reach the South Pole. This book is the sequel to the highly acclaimedRoald Hardcover Amundsen’s Sled Dogs: The Sledge Dogs Who Helped Discover the South Pole.It chronicles 32,99 € | £27.99 | $39.99 how the sled dogs were used internationally to further promote the expedition’s great [1]35,30 € (D) | 36,29 € (A) | CHF achievement and follows some of the dogs as they undertake subsequent expeditions – with 39,00 Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1914, which made scientific eBook discoveries, and with Arve Staxrud’s Norwegian Arctic Rescue Mission of 1913, which saved 26,74 € | £21.99 | $29.99 members of the HerbertSchröder-Stranz German Arctic Expedition.The book tracks the [2]26,74 € (D) | 26,74 € (A) | CHF remaining 39 sled dogs to their next challenging adventures and their final destinations in 31,00 Argentina, Norway, Antarctica, and Australia. Like its predecessor,the book portrays how Available from your library or Amundsen continued to utilize the Polar dogs – both in their lives and in their deaths – to springer.com/shop propel his career and solidify his expedition's image. MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Error[en_EN | Export.Bookseller. MediumType | SE]

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