Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s

by T. H. Baughman

Overview

This work is an account of the first tentative human gropings in Antarctica, and concentrates on the coalescing of official and popular attitudes that later resulted in the polar races of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, which dominate the story of the 'Heroic Era' of Antarctic exploration, from 1901 to 1922.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803261631
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

T. H. Baughman is chair of the History Department at Benedictine College. He is the author of Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott’s First Antarctic Expedition (Nebraska 1999).

Editorial Reviews

"A history of human experience in the [Antarctic] in the second half of the 19th century . . . There was courage, of course, a good deal of romanticism, vanity, competition, spitefulness, and other entirely human qualities displayed by these early visitors. . . . [The book] is very well written, as well as good history."—Choice

Choice

"A long overdue appreciation of . . . pioneering ventures in the far south. . . . A well-researched book that gives a fresh picture of the personalities and influences behind exploration in the late 19th century."—Science

Science