Mary R Tahan: 2 books
The Life of José María Sobral
Scientist, Diarist, and Pioneer in Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903.
This biography highlights Sobral's personal thoughts on...
Roald Amundsen’s Sled Dogs
The Sledge Dogs Who Helped Discover the South Pole
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
This book is an analytical account of how Roald Amundsen used sledge dogs to discover the South Pole in 1911, and is the first to name and identify all 116 Polar dogs who were part of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1912. The book traces the dogs from their origins in Greenland to...