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No. 0102 Photography · Polar

Antarctica: The Waking Giant

Sebastian Copeland

If anyone can transport us into the soul of the White Continent, it’s photographer Sebastian Copeland. A professional polar explorer, Copeland has made several human-powered expeditions in frozen extremes, including the first transcontinental crossing of Antarctica from east to west…

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Antarctica: The Waking Giant
No. 0094 Photography · Polar

Face to Face: Polar Portraits

Huw Lewis-Jones

Polar explorer, historian, professor, and writer Huw Lewis-Jones is so prolific you will be forgiven for thinking there are two of him. In 2010, he published this book, an admiring sweep of ocean pioneers, along with a similar, companion book…

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Face to Face: Polar Portraits
No. 0055 History · Polar

The Crossing of Antarctica

Huw Lewis-Jones

In 1957 and 1958 the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition drove tractors two thousand miles across the continent through the pole, the first surface crossing ever made, with Hillary’s team laying depots from the far side. George Lowe was the expedition photographer…

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The Crossing of Antarctica