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...rthur Pym was on board at the time of his disappearance. Through the efforts of Mr. Joerling, the crew of the Halbrane is enticed to make the trip to Antarctica to search for any survivors of the Jane....

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...An air force pilot adrift in peacetime is recruited to join an Antarctic expedition. When a strange mist downs his plane he discovers an ancient alien civilization which has prophesized his arrival. Now he and his faithful pet Ana must descend to the depths of the crater and face the Bla...

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...Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic, to the Ross Sea south of the Pacific, by way of the Pole. It set out from London on 1 August 1914, and reached the Weddell Sea on January 10, 1915, where the pack ice clo...

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...join an adventure that will roam among coral and pearls, sharks and giant squid, with wonders of biology and engineering that will thrust us from the Antarctic to Atlantis. Whether voyaging a yarn of the glorious unknown, a tale of the darkness that grips the heart of men, or a reinterpretation of Homer’s Odyssey, we’ll all enjoy the fantastic trip. Seasickness optional. (...

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...irst chronometers, pushes his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but becomes the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica. (Introduction by Shipley)...

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...ivide the waters into five great portions: the Arctic or Frozen Ocean, the Antarctic, or Frozen Ocean, the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Ocean... ...double the Cape of Good Hope, then Cape Horn, and finally go as far as the Antarctic pole? Would he come back at last to the Pacific, where his Nautil... ... point had hitherto failed. Again, the season was far advanced, for in the Antarctic regions the 13th of March corresponds with the 13th of September ... ...he 16th of March the Nautilus, following the fifty-fifth meridian, cut the Antarctic polar circle. Ice surrounded us on all sides, and closed the hori... ...s; and I had no doubt that he had already ventured into the midst of these Antarctic seas before. On the 16th of March, how- ever, the ice-fields abso... ...º 30' long. and 67º 39' of S. lat. We had advanced one degree more in this Antarctic region. Of the liquid surface of the sea there was no longer a gl... ...ress a gesture of incredulity. “Yes,” replied the Captain, coldly, “to the Antarctic pole—to that unknown point from whence springs every meridian of ... ...e imprisoned waters; they only found there a passage to take them from the Antarctic Ocean to the open polar sea. Our pace was rapid; we could feel it... ...in the North Atlantic. From this fact he has drawn the conclusion that the Antarctic Circle encloses considerable continents, as icebergs cannot form ...

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...on, East and South Asia IX. Southeast Asia X. Oceania XI. Arctic Region XII. Antarctic Region XIII. Standard Time Zones of the World Notes, Definitio... ...dary disputes: none; maritime dis- pute with Indonesia; territorial claim in Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Territory) Climate: generally arid to se... ... disputes: Paraguay (Rio Parana area), Uruguay; claims a Zone of Interest in Antarctica Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south Terrain: most... ...1884; dispute with Bolivia over Rio Lauca water rights; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) Climate: temperate; desert in no... ...Tromelin Island; Suriname claims part of French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land) Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers... ...sland, Europa Island, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French South- ern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova Island, Marti... ... 200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm Boundary disputes: none; territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency) Climate: temperate with sharp regional contr... ...ion; maritime disputes with Sweden, Norway; has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize t... ...ntal shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, Ireland; territorial claim in Antarctica (British Antarctic Territory) Climate: temperate; moderated by...

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...-- Placed in command of a scientific expedition to Otaheite -- In search of an Antarctic continent -- In quest of a northwest passage -- His tragic de... ...ions were successfully made (June 3d), after which he set sail in search of an Antarctic continent, a belief in the existence of which was at that tim... ... savage, not as they approach the equator, but as they are found nearer to the Antarctic circle. Readers of this book cannot fail to notice a striking...

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...owed by a profound si- lence, there crept out into the cold, cruel dawn of Antarctic regions, from various hiding-places, over the deck of that dis- m...

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...parison for the division of a wedded twain is correct. She was Arctic, and Antarctic he had to be, perforce of the distance she put between them. A re...

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...med upon ten thousand hills; and there were innumerable contribu- tions to antarctic journals almost as good (but not quite) as our own. Even within o...

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...see the Lybian, Arabian, and Asiatic deserts, I see huge dreadful Arctic and Antarctic icebergs, I see the superior oceans and the inferior ones, the ...