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Expedition Shackleton-Rowett: John Quiller Rowett

Expedition Shackleton-Rowett: John Quiller Rowett


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Les achats comprennent une adhesion a l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'editeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur: John Quiller Rowett. Non illustre. Mises a jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait: L'expedition Shackleton-Rowett est une expedition britannique en Antarctique. Menee entre 1921 et 1922, elle est la troisieme et derniere commandee par l'explorateur Ernest Shackleton. Elle est generalement consideree comme le dernier episode de l'age heroique de l'exploration en Antarctique, une periode au cours de laquelle des hommes explorent la terra incognita qu'est alors l'Antarctique. Le projet, finance par l'homme d'affaires John Quiller Rowett, est parfois denomme expedition Quest, d'apres le nom du baleinier norvegien sur lequel embarque l'expedition. Le plan initial est d'explorer la mer de Beaufort, dans l'ocean Arctique; mais, apres le refus du gouvernement canadien d'accorder une aide financiere, l'Antarctique, que connait deja bien Shackleton, est finalement choisi. Les objectifs de l'expedition ne sont jamais clairement formules, mais consistent en une exploration et des recherches oceanographiques et cotieres. Le navire, plus petit que tous ceux utilises lors de voyages precedemment entrepris en Antarctique, se revele inadapte a une telle mission. Sa progression vers le sud est retardee par ses mauvaises performances et par de frequents problemes de moteur, qui conduisent a faire une escale d'un mois a Rio de Janeiro. Avant que le travail de l'expedition ne commence a proprement parler, Shackleton meurt d'une crise cardiaque, juste apres son arrivee en Georgie du Sud. Avec la mort de son commandant, l'essentiel de l'expedition ecourtee qui s'ensuit se resume a trois mois de navigation sous le commandement du second, Frank Wild. Dans les eaux antarctiques, les defauts du Quest sont rapidement mis en evidence: sa lenteur, sa...http: //booksllc.net/?l=fr


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  • ISBN-13: 9781159564315
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1159564310
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: John Quiller Rowett
  • Width: 229 mm


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