Research Catalog

Title

Two years below the Horn : Operation Tabarin, field science, and Antarctic sovereignty, 1944-1946 / Andrew Taylor ; edited by Daniel Heidt and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

Author

Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993

Publication

• Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Heidt, Daniel (Daniel Henry), 1985-
• Lackenbauer, P. Whitney

Description

xl, 456 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"In 'Two Years Below the Horn,' engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When mental strain led the operation's first commander to resign, Taylor--a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience--became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition. As commander of the operation, Taylor oversaw construction of the first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Hope Bay. From there, he led four-man teams on two epic sledging journeys around James Ross Island, overcoming arduous conditions and correcting cartographic mistakes made by previous explorers. The editors' detailed afterword draws on Taylor's extensive personal papers to highlight Taylor's achievements and document his significant contributions to polar science. This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of polar exploration, science, and sovereignty. It also sheds light on the little known contribution of a Canadian to a distant theatre of the Second World War. The wartime service of Major Taylor reveals important new details about a groundbreaking operation that laid the foundation for the British Antarctic Survey and marked a critical moment in the transition from the heroic to the modern scientific era in polar exploration."--

Subjects

• Scientific expeditions > Antarctica
• Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993 > Travel > Antarctica
• Engineers > Canada > Biography
• British Antarctic Survey
• Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > British

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-441) and index.

Call Number

JFE 17-9094

ISBN

• 0887557910
• 9780887557910

OCLC

961152311

Author

Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993, author.

Title

Two years below the Horn : Operation Tabarin, field science, and Antarctic sovereignty, 1944-1946 / Andrew Taylor ; edited by Daniel Heidt and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

Publisher

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-441) and index.

Added Author

Heidt, Daniel (Daniel Henry), 1985- editor.

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, editor.

Other Form:

Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993. Two years below the Horn. (CaOONL)20169059405

Research Call Number

JFE 17-9094