The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic

by Alan Gurney

The international race to explore further south than anyone had ever penetrated follows nineteenth-century British, French, and American explorers through the dangerous ice packs and flows of Antarctica in search of glory. 12,000 first printing.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Richie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hard to get into. I started this book wanting to read something about arctic adventures. Don't get me wrong, it contains arctic exploration, but it takes a hundred or so pages to get into that. Contains a lot of historical background information. Not what I was expecting.

[Curtiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vivid descriptions of polar exploration before the age of steam power.