9781422283578

Contents

1 Introduction At the Ends of the Earth

4 6 8

The Beginning of Polar Discovery

The Arctic

The Antarctic

10

2 Arctic People Early Settlers Living in the Arctic Early Explorers

12 14 16

A n Inuk from Alaska looks out over the Arctic Ocean for seals.

3 Arctic Exploration The 14th to 16th Centuries

18

The Search for the Northeast and  Northwest Passages

20 22 24

Siberia and Alaska Sir John Franklin

Peary and Cook: The Race for the  North Pole

26

4 Antarctic Exploration Defining the Limits

28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 47 48

Near Misses

The First Antarctic Winter The Siege of the South Pole A Forgotten Continent International Co-operation

5 Polar Politics In the Arctic In the Antarctic

Footprints in the Snow

Time Chart

Glossary

Index