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

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, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors
  • Heidt, Daniel (Daniel Henry), 1985-
  • Lackenbauer, P. Whitney
Description
xl, 456 pages; 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."--
Subject
  • Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993 > Travel > Antarctica
  • Taylor, Andrew, 1907-1993
  • British Antarctic Survey
  • Scientific expeditions > Antarctica
  • Discoveries in geography > British
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Travel
  • Antarctica > British
  • Antarctica
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0887557910
  • 9780887557910
OCLC
  • 961152311
  • SCSB-12516635
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library