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Polar journeys : the role of food and nutrition in early exploration
- Title
- Polar journeys : the role of food and nutrition in early exploration / Robert E. Feeney.
- Author
- Feeney, Robert Earl.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society ; Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TX601 .F44 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxix, 279 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- The history of polar explorations can provide rich insights into food and nutrition. The author includes a discussion of the impact of Eskimo knowledge of foodstuffs, a survey of current thinking on nutrition and an examination of issues for future explorations, including space.
- Subject
- Food > Preservation > History
- Nutrition > History
- Nutrition
- Food Preservation > history
- Cold Climate
- Expeditions > history
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Discoveries in geography
- Food > Preservation
- Nutrition
- Expedition
- Verpflegung
- Geschichte
- Expedities
- Poolonderzoek
- Levensmiddelen
- Voeding
- Explorateurs > Alimentation > Histoire
- Aliments > Conservation > Histoire
- Polar regions > Discovery and exploration
- Antarctic Regions
- Arctic Regions
- Polar regions
- Polargebiete
- Régions polaires > Découverte et exploration > Histoire
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.
- Contents
- The search for better food and nutrition -- Food processing, preservation, and polar exploration -- Early exploration -- The Eskimos -- Northern exploration from 1500 to 1800 -- Arctic exploration in the first half of the 19th century -- The agonizing searches for Franklin -- Nares, Greely, and DeLong: still unsuccessful and tragic probes to the north -- The latter-day Vikings -- Races to the North Pole: Robert Peary and Frederick Cook -- The almost Eskimo: Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- In to the South Pacific and on to Antarctica -- First expeditions in Antarctica: Amundson, Mawson, Shackelton, and Scott -- The quest for the South Pole: successes and deaths -- Douglas Mawson's heroic return -- The Arctic and Antarctica after World War I -- Antarctica since World War II -- Space exploration -- Food and exploration today.
- ISBN
- 0841233497
- 9780841233492
- 0912006978
- 9780912006970
- LCCN
- 97049810
- OCLC
- ocm38048513
- 38048513
- SCSB-368156
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library