Landis, Marilyn J. Antarctica; exploring the extreme; 400 years of adventure.Chicago Review Press. 395p. illus. bibliog. index. c2001. 1-55652-480-3. $16.95. SA Some historical subjects never go out of fashion, and seem to demand regular updating and retelling: Pearl Harbor, the Old West, the Kennedy assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. , and almost anything having to do with the Civil War, for example. Polar exploring is firmly in this category. Even though the original source documents of these sturdy adventurers have been studied to shreds and little new material is available, the stirring stories of these doughty dough·ty adj. dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est Marked by stouthearted courage; brave. [Middle English, from Old English dohtig; see dheugh- in Indo-European roots. explorers, their trials, and their sufferings continue to excite attention from each new generation of readers. Author Marilyn Landis does an excellent job of presenting the Antarctica story. Her tale runs from the days of the semi-mythical Terra Australis Incognita in·cog·ni·ta adv. & adj. With one's identity disguised or concealed. Used of a woman. n. A woman or girl whose identity is disguised or concealed. to today's Polar Research Stations. As with the northern Arctic, the powerful appeal to be the first human to stand on the Pole fueled dramatic and intense competitions among the oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. personalities--Amundson, Scott, Peary. Several recent well-publicized stories about sudden illness and perilous rescues show that the Antarctic, while moderately well explored today, still has never been tamed. The tales of the various expeditions, the weather and the discoveries, and most importantly the appeal of the immense ice continent itself make for fine reading. Landis goes most popular histories one better by describing the explorations of Antarctica's outer islands as well, and concludes with a fine chapter on whales and whaling. Raymond Puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). , PhD, Historian, Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Lancaster, CA |
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