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This map illustrates the exploration of the continent of Antarctica from the first voyages of the 18th century to the research stations of the 21st century. The map also shows the varied and competing national claims to slices of the Great White Continent. Exploration of the continent began in earnest with James Cook crossing the Antarctic Circle and circumnavigating the continent in 1773 without...

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Two real-life adventure books: Apsley Cherry-Garrard's account of the Second Expedition to the South Pole with Capt. Robert Falcon Scott & crew. Since Cherry-Garrard (what a name) never went the Final Journey, his book supplements what Captain Scott's tragically cannot. Going to also recommend the beautifully photographed 1948 movie "Scott of the Antarctic" starring John Mills as Scott. Some initial phony soundstages/backgrounds give way to superb cinematography. The acting is very stiff upper, stoic and only stubbornly morose - but it does the real men justice, I think. Soundtrack by Ralph Vaughan Williams is top ten film scores of all time (my list). #robertfalconscott #robertscott #captainscott #antarctica #thesouthpole #apsleycherrygarrard #theworstjourneyintheworld #exploration #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #scottoftheantarctic #ralphvaughanwilliams #johnmills (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6S404g9jO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4gmu82zhv56

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment. - Robert Falcon Scott

“A LIBRARY IS, AT ITS most essential, a space that holds a collection of books. A dedicated room or building is not technically necessary. In his Book of Book Lists, recently released in the United States, author Alex Johnson offers examples of portable libraries—‘sturdy wooden cases’ of books and magazines that ‘were passed between lighthouses around the United States,’ for instance. He includes the library #robertfalconscott took on board the Discovery in 1901, when the ship left for Antarctica, with a catalogue that specified which cabin a volume could be found in. Napoleon, he writes, had a traveling collection of French classics that was ported with him to war. It included five volumes of #voltaire’s plays and Montesquieu’s work on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline. But whatever form a library takes, someone had to have chosen the books in it, which reveal the secrets of heart and mind—their cares, their greeds, their enthusiasms, their obsessions.” - @atlasobscura on @thebritishlibrary_ new A Book of Book Lists available this month, 📸 here with one of our favorite @wordupbooks bookmarks! ✊✍️🖌🖍📖✊ . . #wednesdaywisdom #booksonbooks #booksonbooksonbooks #igreads #bookstagram #amreading #whattoread #librarylove #bookcollector #booklist #tbr #bookstore #shelfie #lifeinbooks #stories #britishlibrary #famouspeople #history #atlasobscura #newbook (at Chicago, Illinois)