Antarctic Conquest
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Antarctic Conquest | |
Author | Finn Ronne |
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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.