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Past Antarctic Events - 2005 and 2006

Past Antarctic Events - 2002 through 2004

Past Antarctic Events - 2001 or Earlier

Antarctic Book Notes

About Antarctic Encyclopedias—More Than You Will Ever Want or Need to Know

Antarctic Auctions

Upcoming
Past Auctions

Antiquarian Booksellers specializing in Antarcticana

Adélie Books
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Aquila Books
Atlas Gallery
Berkelouw Books
Bluntisham Books
J. & S.L. Bonham
Herbert Breuer—Versand-Antiquariat
Brockhaus / Antiquarium
Colin Bull, Polar Books
Chessler Books
Christie's
Paul Davies
Discovery Book Auctions
Explorer Books
Glacier Books
Hordern House Rare Books
Maggs Bros. Ltd
Mcewan Fine Books
Meridian Rare Books
Parmer Books
Pinnacle Books
Gaston Renard - Books Australasia Fine and Rare Books
Chet Ross Rare Books
Henry Sotheran Ltd
Tinakori Books
Top of the World Books
Walter-Saxena Rare Books
West Side Bookshop

The Blizzard

Australian Antarctic Division - Books in Special Collections. Hobart, Tasmania.
Brown University, Providence, RI - Bradford Swan Collection.
Brown University, Providence, RI - 1967 Antarctic Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library.
Brown University, Providence, RI - The John Carter Brown Library's copy of 'Aurora Australis.'
Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Canterbury Museum. Christchurch, New Zealand.
National Library of Australia - Hurley Diaries and Photographs.
Peabody Essex Museum - A. H. Waite Collection.
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
The Archives of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.
"Freeze Frame," Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.

Maps of Antarctica. Described by R. V. Tooley and illustrated
Finding US Government Antarctic Charts.
Finding US Government Antarctic Maps.
Finding UK Government Antarctic Charts.
Finding UK Government Antarctic Maps.
New Map from BAS.

Antarctic Centers
National Programs
News
History
Timelines
Explorers & Expeditions
Education & Kids
Tourism
Webcams
Images
Artists, Writers & Muscicians
Bibliography
Some E-Books
Links
Miscellaneous

American Polar Society
Antarctic Aviation Preservation Society
Antarctica Project
Antarctic Heritage Trust
Antarctic Society of Australia
The Antarctican Society
Captain Cook Society
The Captain Scott Society
Frederick A. Cook Society
Friends of the Byrd Polar Research Center
Friends of Dundee Heritage Trust
Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute
Friends of the Wakes
Glacier Society
The James Caird Society
Montreal Antarctic Society
New Zealand Antarctic Society
Old Antarctic Explorers Association
The South Georgia Association
The South Georgia Heritage Trust
United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust / Friends of Antarctica
Some Polar Philatelic Groups

Blackboard Penguins
Old Diary tells Tales of Scott Hardships
The James Caird Society Journal
Scott Polar Research Institute launches Appeal
Sir Hubert Wilkins' Birthplace restored
Antarctic Tartan
Antarctic Virtual Museum
Discovery Dentistry
Original South Pole Pole
Spencer-Smith's Wallet found
Pierre Dumoutier, Antarctica's first Cranioscopist
First Fish caught below the Antarctic Circle
Fourth Generation Antarcticans
First Penguin Mention
First Antarctic Surgery

Index to Selected Antarctic Obituaries appearing in the Polar Record of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Index to Antarctic Obituaries appearing in the Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.
Commander Sir Jameson Adams
Charles Robert Burton
Verner Duncan Carse
Harding McGregor Dunnett
Virginia Frances Pepper Fiennes
George W. Gibbs, Jr.
John Arnfield Heap
Sir Wally Herbert
Captain Leonard Charles Hill
Sir Edmund Hillary A.G.E. Jones
William James Mills
Peter Jensen Skellerup
Norman Dane Vaughan

Antarctic Artist Robert C. Hogue
Duncan Carse Bust Appeal
Antarctic Animation
White Horizons: British Art from Antarctica, 1775-2006
Terra Antarctica; Looking into the Emptiest Continent
First Antarctica Painting on Show
Mrs Chippy in Bronze: Marker for Unsung Hero
Forgotten Feline and Heroes of the Ice Pack
An Artist in the Antarctic (Frank Wilbert Stokes)
Operation Deepfreeze I: 1955-56
British Antarctic Survey launches its Artists and Writers Programme
NSFAntarctic Artists & Writers Program
Captain Scott "Antarctic 100" Memorial, Cardiff Bay

Antarctic Photography and Film

Photography Comes to the Polar Regions—Almost. By Glenn M. Stein
A Query from Australia
SPRI buys Ponting Photographs
Documentary Film on Frank Hurley Underway
Shane Murphy's Latest

Terra Nova By Iliketrains on YouTube
Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Folcault in Paris, 1961)
Two Songs From an Operation Deepfreeze Songbook (1971)
The South Pole; Or the Bounding Bounder
The Scotia Suite of Scottish Country Dances
Some Antarctic Music Offerings
Music for the Scotia Centenary
Query
'Songs of the Morning'
Antarctic Symphony
Great Scott!
Scott: Christchurch to Cape Evans

Antarctic Theatre

The Last South: Pursuit of the Pole
Antarctica
Representations of AntarcticaŅA Bibliography
Cold Comfort
Ice Island: The Wait for Shackleton
Meet the real Ernest Shackleton: A Comedy about Antarctica
Antarctic Expedition -- Could this be the first Antarctic Theatrical Presentation?
Inexpressible Island
Antarctica--The Play--Starts Preview Performances on 25 September
Byrd's Boy
A Father for my Son
The Arctic and Antarctic in Image, Word, and Song
'Endurance' - A Play
Terra Nova
'These Rough Notes': Scott's Last Expedition

Some Antarctic Poetry -- A Short and Incomplete Bibliography

EXPLORERS (and their expeditions):

Amundsen, Captain Roald, his men and and his expeditions.
Byrd, Admiral Richard Evelyn and his expeditions.
Charcot, Captain Jean-Baptiste and his expeditions.
Cook, Captain James and his expedition.
Dallmann, Eduard and his expedition.
Drygalski, Erich von and his expedition.
Dumont D'Urville, Admiral Jules S. C. and his expedition.
de Gerlache de Gomery, Le Commandant de Adrien Victor Joseph and his expedition.
Fuchs, Sir Vivian and Sir Edmund Hillary and their expedition.
Mawson, Sir Douglas and his expeditions.
Nordenskjöld, Otto and his expedition.
Ross, Captain Sir James Clark and his expedition.
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon, his men and and his expeditions.
Shackleton, Sir Ernest H., his men and and his expeditions.

EXPEDITIONS (not covered above):

Challenger Expedition.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Medals and Decorations.
Ships.
Miscellaneous or Unidentified.

Antarctic Ships

Antarctic Aviation

Aircraft Used on Antarctic Expeditions. Prepared by Richard Paul Smyers.

Some Antarctic Nicknames

Some Antarctic Quotes

Antarctic Firsts

Antarctic Voyages and Expeditions. Prepared by Michael Rosove.

Chronologies & Timelines of Antarctic Exploration

An Historical Timeline of Antarctic Exploration
Concise Chronology of Approach to the Poles
An Ernest Shackleton Timeline
A Robert F. Scott Timeline
A Roald Amundsen Timeline
A detailed Antarctic Timeline from the New Zealand Antarctic Veterans Association.

Some Published Sources on Historic Sites in Antarctica
Historic Huts in the Antarctic from the 'Heroic Age.' Prepared by Robert Headland.
Historic Monuments in Antarctica
Heritage Sites
Historic Guide to Ross Island, Antarctica

Series One: Low-Latitude Sites by Episode

Index of persons & places appearing in episodes of A Low-Latitude Antarctic Gazetteer

Listing by site number, name/description, location and episode number of Low-Latitude sites
Episode 1: A church memorial to Cherry-Garrard and his home. 30 March 1996
Episode 2 : A Byrd item at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire. 6 April 1996
Episode 3 : A Scott plaque at Chatham, Kent. 16 April 1996
Episode 4 : L. E. G. Oates' London house. 20 April 1996
Episode 5 : The site of the Washington, D.C. house of Charles Wilkes. 27 April 1996
Episode 6 : A Scott sledge that came in handy in Dunedin, New Zealand. 4 May 1996
Episode 7 : Some cows that headed south in 1933. 13 May 1996
Episode 8 : A memorial tablet in Bombay (and in Scotland). 18 May 1996
Episode 9 : The Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard. 27 May 1996
Episode 10 : A Scott memorial obelisk in Norway. 1 June 1996
Episode 11 : The Estonian house of a famous Antarctic explorer. 8 June 1996
Episode 12 : The Connecticut house of (possibly) the first one to record seeing the Antarctic continent. 22 June 1996
Episode 13 : The E. A. Wilson statue (and house) in Cheltenham. 29 June 1996
Episode 14 : Some Antarctic sites in Lyttelton, New Zealand. 7 July 1996
Episode 15 : The grave of a famous dog. 13 July 1996
Episode 16 : Some sledging flags. 26 July 1996
Episode 17 : Selborne's Oates Memorial Museum. 3 August 1996
Episode 18 : Three other Terra Nova artifacts. 11 August 1996
Episode 19 : Chinook Kennels, Wonalancet, New Hampshire. 17 August 1996
Episode 20 : An Ohio monument to the originator of the Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids. 25 August 1996
Episode 21 : The New Zealand grave of a skillful carpenter. 1 September 1996
Episode 22 : A bust in Ballarat. 8 September 1996
Episode 23 : Lincoln Ellsworth's Polar Star. 15 September 1996
Episode 24 : An Heroic Age monument in Japan. 27 September 1996
Episode 25 : A Scott memorial at Port Chalmers, NZ. 5 October 1996
Episode 26 : 'Uranienborg,' Roald Amundsen's house. 25 October 1996
Episode 27 : Another Wilkes memorial in Washington. 9 November 1996
Episode 28 : Some of the many items at the Canterbury Museum. 22 November 1996
Episode 29 : The James Caird--A remarkable voyage 80 years ago. 28 November 1996
Episode 30 : Some Antarctic treasures at the Royal Geographical Society. 7 December 1996
Episode 31 : An update to Episode 3 -- A Scott Plaque in Chatham, Kent. 22 December 1996
Episode 32 : An update to Episode 10 -- A Scott memorial obelisk in Norway. 27 December 1996
Episode 33 : A Frank Wild memorial plaque. 5 January 1997
Episode 34 : The Great Navigator's bi-hemispheral boyhood home. 18 January 1997
Episode 35 : A hill-top memorial in Wellington. 24 January 1997
Episode 36 : A grave in the Falklands. 1 February 1997
Episode 37 : Some sites associated with C.P.O. Edgar Evans. 12 February 1997
Episode 38 : A pub--and more--in Anascaul, Kerry, Eire. 22 February 1997
Episode 39 : A statue and graves of note in Arlington, Va. 3 March 1997
Episode 40 : Some Tasmanian sites of interest. 9 March 1997
Episode 41 : A baobab tree in the Cape Verde Islands! 22 March 1997
Episode 42 : Some sites associated with Captain James Weddell. 6 April 1997
Episode 43 : Some odds 'n ends in New York City--The Explorers Club. 12 April 1997
Episode 44 : Some odds 'n ends in New York City--American Museum of Natural History. 4 May 1997
Episode 45a : Some updates & corrections, Part I: An update to Episode 29: The James Caird--A remarkable voyage 80 years ago. 26 May 1997
Episode 45b : Some updates & corrections, Part I: An update to Episode 39: A statue and graves of note in Arlington, Va. 26 May 1997
Episode 46a : Some updates & corrections, Part II: An update to Episode 18: Some notes on the history of the Terra Nova. 15 June 1997
Episode 46b : Some updates & corrections, Part II: A correction to Episode 42: James Weddell and his seal. 15 June 1997
Episode 47 : Memento mori...Nathaniel Brown Palmer, et al. 21 June 1997
Episode 48 : Some Shackleton abodes. 29 June 1997
Episode 49 : Two Parisian sites. 27 July 1997
Episode 50 : A Cook memorial in Cambridge, England (and Episode 16 redux). 1 October 1997
Episode 51 : An update to Episode 48--Some Shackleton abodes. 18 November 1997
Episode 52 : Some sites on a recent trip, Part I, Philadelphia. 11 November 1997
Episode 53 : Some sites on a recent trip, Part II, Annapolis. 5 December 1997
Episode 54 : Some sites on a recent trip, Part III, Winchester, Virginia. 13 December 1997
Episode 55 : Some sites gleaned on a recent trip, Part IV, Richmond & Newport News, Virginia. 20 December 1997
Episode 56 : A Shackleton statue in London. 9 January 1998
Episode 57 : Some recently visited English sites, Part I: Sir James Clark Ross. 8 March 1998
Episode 58 : Some recently visited English sites, Part II: A crypt-bound crow's-nest. 21 February 1998
Episode 59 : Some recently visited English sites, Part III: An Edward Wilson treasure trove in Cheltenham. 21 March 1998
Episode 60 : A little bit of Antarctica in Wyoming. 10 May 1998
Episode 61 : Two Lashly houses. 17 May 1998
Episode 62 : Oates in Gestingthorpe. 31 May 1998
Episode 63 : Sir Clements Markham: A house, a bust and a painting. 7 June 1998
Episode 64 : Dining with Savages. 4 August 1998
Episode 65 : A Scott house (or two). 23 August 1998
Episode 66 : A rock finds a new home--for now. 4 September 1998
Episode 67 : London's Waterloo Place--a hotbed of polar activity. 31 October 1998
Episode 68 : Byrd Watching in Ohio. 7 November 1998
Episode 69 : Another Ohio Site--Lincoln Ellsworth's grave. 11 November 1998
Episode 70 : A site or two far to the south. 23 January 1999
Episode 71 : Two 'furthest south' museums (and a stone hut and a burying ground as well). 17 February 1999

Series Two: Low-Latitude Sites by Type and Subject

Aircraft (17 sites) First draft complete. Revised: 25 December 2006.
Boats & Ships (19 sites) First draft complete.
Buildings & Houses (168 sites)
Churches (46 sites) First draft complete.
Features (6 sites)
Graves (58 sites)
Monuments & Memorials (26 sites)
Museums & Libraries (131 sites)
Other Sites (57 sites)
Places (56 sites)
Plaques (33 sites)
Pubs, Hotels & Restaurants (32 sites) First draft complete. Revised: 27 January 2007.
Roads & Streets (37 sites) First draft complete.
Schools & Colleges (19 sites) First draft complete.
Statues & Sculptures (54 sites)
Sites Associated with Roald Amundsen (27 sites)
Sites Associated with Richard E. Byrd (47 sites)
Sites Associated with Robert F. Scott (117 sites)
Sites Associated with Sir Ernest H. Shackleton (121 sites) First draft complete. Revised: 24 December 2006. Revised: 27 January 2007.

Listing by site number, site name/description, site location and, if appropriate, the LLAG Episode NumberŅof Low-Latitude sites included in my database.

Fauno preparing to cross the Alps.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Introduction
An Annotated Bibliography of Antarctic Fiction
Index of Place Names: Real and Imaginary
Reference Bibliography
Notes

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