Recent Exploration of Victoria Land North of Terra Nova Bay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4661315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H J Harrington (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Publication date | 1963-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1794896 |
| OpenAlex | W2323356351 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
IN january 1841, Sir James Clark Ross (1847) in command of the sailing ships H.M.S. Terror and H.M.S. Erebu pushed through the pack-ice belt surrounding the Antarctic continent, and passed into open water in the region now known as the Ross Sea (Fig. 1). Glistening, soaring and coldly aloof in the sun ahead, lay the Admiralty Mountains, a sight which, even today when other majestic mountain panoramas are well known, can be considered one of outstanding beauty and grandeur, comparable with certain choice views of the Himalaya and the High Andes. The impact of this sight on contemporary mountaineers and connoisseurs of mountain scenery who have enjoyed it is difficult to describe, and difficult to exaggerate. They have stood on the decks of ships staring at it for hours in the clear, cold air unable to
Bay · Geography · Nova (rocket · Nova scotia · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Engineering · Geology · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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