Antarctic Conquest

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Antarctic Conquest
Author Finn Ronne
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Exploration
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date 1949
Media type Print (Hardback)
ISBN NA

Antarctic Conquest: the Story of the Ronne Expedition of 1946-1948 is a 1949 science book by Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne and science fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The role of de Camp, who was commissioned as a ghost writer to recast Ronne's manuscript into publishable form, is uncredited. Ronne's working title was reportedly "Conquering the Antarctic".

The book relates the story of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.

[edit] References

  • Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 26.