Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish Polar Explorers 1740-1922
By Frank Nugent.
Description
There has been an extraordinary amount of interest lately in the incredible stories of those early explorers and sailors who overcame all kinds of odds to investigate, explore, and map the Arctic and Antarctic over the past two centuries. However, few realize that a great many of those who participated in those stirring voyages and expeditions were Irish. Here are the incredible stories of an array of Irish explorers, navigators, cartographers, scientists, naval officers, and seamen, many largely unknown or forgotten. The saga begins in the eighteenth century, continues with the search for ...
ISBN(s)
1903464242, 9781903464243
