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- Title Erebus the Ice Dragon: A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano
- Author Colin Monteath
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Massey University
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781991016362 / 1991016360
- Library of Congress subjects Antarctica - Description and travel, Erebus, Mount (Antarctica)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2023446891
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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EREBUS THE ICE DRAGON - A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano - Colin MonteathMassey University Press, Auckland ISBN# 9781991016362Casebound, colour jacket, 350 pages, 13 richly illustrated chapters, colour & historic B&W images & paintings throughout, satellite images, original artwork, Illustrated Timeline from 1841-2020, glossary, extensive bibliography, Appendix on 1979 air crash names and Erebus medal etc, Index.* First Antarctic book on history of a single mountain.* 180 years of human history on Ross Island & Erebus since discovery in 1841 by James Clark Ross.* Chapter outlining Antarctica's volcanoes on and around the continent* Chapters on Shackleton (1908) & Scott (1912) expeditions…1st and 2nd ascents of Erebus* 50 years since discovery of Erebus lava lake in 1972 by New Zealand scientist Philip Kyle.* Ascents and early science 1959 - 1960s* Inner crater descent 1978 plus detailed chapters on science & adventure throughout 1970s & modern science to 2020.(outlining Philip Kyle's 44 seasons on…
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Massey University Press, 2023. 2023 Limited Edition. hardcover. 352pp, pictorial hardback in pictorial slipcase. New. A Limited Edition in Slipcase of only 100 individually numbered copies with decorated bookplate signed by Colin Monteath & Adele Jackson.. The first Antarctic book to focus on a single mountain - a complete history from the volcano's discovery in 1841 to modern biology and volcanology - chapters on the discovery by James Clark Ross in 1841, first ascent during Shackleton's 1908 Nimrod Expedition and 2nd ascent on Scott's Terra Nova Expedition. Early ascents and science in the 1960s by NZARP & USARP teams. Major science expeditions from 1970s and onwards, discovery of the lava lake, chapter on private expeditions including 1st winter ascent, Reflections on Air New Zealand crash 1979 by four of the recovery team., Dr Adele Jackson's Chapter 13 Shaping a Volcano - Erebus and the artistic imagination - extensive Appendices, Timeline, extensive bibliography,…
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