The Life of José María Sobral Scientist, Diarist, and Pioneer in Antarctica /

• Main Author: Tahan, Mary R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Polar regions.; History.; World history.; Polar Geography.; History of Science.; World History, Global and Transnational History.

Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish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...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Editor's Note
• Background on the Expedition
• Chapter 1 The Journey to Antarctica
• The First Winter at Snow Hill
• Chapter 2 The Second Winter at Snow Hill
• Chapter 3 The Third Winter at Snow Hill
• Chapter 4 Personal Recommendations, Historical Overview and Statistical Facts
• Chapter 5 The Rescue of All Three Parties of the Expedition by the Argentine Corvette "Uruguay" and the Return of the Expedition to Buenos Aires
• Chapter 6 Transcript of the Speech Delivered by Sobral to the Argentine Naval League
• List of Figures.