From pole to pole : Roald Amundsen's journey in flight
Cameron, Garth James2013
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Place reservation for From pole to pole : Roald Amundsen's journey in flightThis book explores Amundsen's enthusiasm for flight. From 1909 onwards he saw the potential of aircraft as vehicles to explore portions of the globe that remained unexplored early in the 20th Century.
Main title:
From pole to pole : Roald Amundsen's journey in flight / by Garth James Cameron.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword Discovery, 2013.
Collation:
193 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The Past is a Foreign Country -- Before Amundsen (Part One): Salomon August Andree -- Before Amundsen (Part Two): Walter Wellman -- A Sailor Struck by Lightning -- A Flight to the North Pole? -- Towards the North Pole -- A Merciful Deliverance from the Ice -- Svalbard -- Oslo-Rome -- Learning to Fly: Ciampino --Positioning Flight -- Hour of Gold -- Enough Credit for Everyone -- Our Names Would be Linked One More Time -- Gardens of Stone and an AUV
ISBN:
9781781593370 (hardback)
Dewey class:
919.8092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3115
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 919.8092 FRO | pbkAvailable |
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