Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839

Author/Contributor(s):	Gurney, Alan
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	03/01/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In search of scientific knowledge, natural prestige, and profit, many courageous explorers captured the hearts and attention of their countrymen when they set out to discover what lay below the Convergence, the sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antartic seas. The stories of their adventures and discoveries makes for riveting reading and offers an abundant history. Maps & illustrations.