| Edition |
First Pegusus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
ix, 358 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"September 2019"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
"Further reading: key references": pages 327-330. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index. |
| Summary |
George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history. A century later, Lloyd Spencer Davis rediscovers Levick and his findings during the course of his own scientific adventures in Antarctica. Levick's long-suppressed manuscript reveals not only an incredible survival story, but one that will change our understanding of an entire species. -- Publisher's description. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Part one. The lure of Antarctica. Homosexuality ; Victorian values ; Terra Australis ; The three Norwegains -- Part two. All roads lead to Cape Adare. Divorce ; First observations ; Boyhood dreams ; Lost opportunities ; Courtship ; Deception ; The Eastern Party -- Part three. Cape Adare. Infidelity; The Northern Party ; The worst journey ; The reluctant penguin biologist ; The race begins ; Competition ; Timing -- Part four. After Cape Adare. Rape ; Hooligans ; Weather ; Dogs ; Winter ; Return journey -- Part five. After Antarctica. Prostitution ; The depravities of men ; After the war ; The Pole at last. |
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Levick, G. Murray (George Murray), 1876-1956.
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British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)
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Penguins -- Behavior.
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Davis, Lloyd Spencer, 1954- -- Travel -- Antarctica.
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
9781643131252 (hbk.) : $29.95 |
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1643131257 (hbk.) |
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