THE STORIED ICE Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica’sPeninsula Region

by Joan N. Boothe

978-1-58790-224-6 (Hardback)  /  $34.95

978-1-58790-218-5 (Paperback)  /  $24.95

978-1-58790-181-2  (e-book)     /   $14.95

x + 372 pages / 7” x10” / more than 130 illustrations and maps

History of Antarctic exploration

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica’s Peninsula Region recounts mankind’s dramatic history—from Magellan through the first years of the twenty-first century—in the part of the Antarctic regions below South America and the Atlantic Ocean. This part of the world, by far the most visited portion of the south polar regions, is not only a place of staggering scenic beauty and amazing wildlife, but also a locale with a long and fascinating human history.

 Several expeditions to Antarctica’s Peninsula Region are well known, in particular, the amazing story of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition. The Storied Ice dramatically retells that story, along with many other less familiar, but fascinating, adventures—tales of early explorers, sealers, whalers, seven expeditions (including Endurance) during Antarctica’s 1897–1917 Heroic Age, pioneer aviators, and scientists. . . .  All this is woven together into a coherent whole, placing the individually exciting tales in a historical context that breathes new life into even the best known of them. Abundant quotes from the explorers’ accounts enrich the text, as do the nearly 100 illustrations and more than 30 maps.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joan N. Boothe has been fascinated with stories of Antarctic adventure and exploration since childhood. In 1995, after many years working in the worlds of economics, finance, and teaching business administration to graduate business students, she at last made her first trip to Antarctica and saw where so many things she had read about took place. Ms. Boothe has returned to the Antarctic regions many times since, including making a 67-day circumnavigation of the entire Antarctic continent aboard an icebreaker.