Innocents in the Dry Valleys - An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59

In the summer of 1958, physicist Colin Bull, along with a biologist and two undergraduate geology students from Victoria University of Wellington, launched an exploration of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica—the first of what has become an annual expedition spanning the past fifty years. With "Innocents in Dry Valleys" Bull recounts the story of that first, shoestring expedition, bringing a dry wit—and a clear appreciation of youthful bravado—to accounts of adverse conditions, recurrent dangers, funding snafus, and bureaucratic meddling. "Innocents in Dry Valleys" is a winning account of a landmark expedition, sure to interest scientists and armchair explorers alike.

About the author

Colin Bull is a geophysicist who served as a senior lecturer in physics at Victoria University and later was the director of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University.

Summary

In the summer of 1958, physicist Colin Bull, along with a biologist and two undergraduate geology students from Victoria University of Wellington, launched an exploration of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This title recounts the story of that first, shoestring expedition.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Bull
• Assisted by: Richard Barwick (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of Alaska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2010
• EAN: 9781602230712
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-071-2
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales