Bøker av Jean Charcot

Charcot recounts his adventures as the leader of a scientific expedition to the Antarctic in this gripping memoir. He describes the challenges of living and working in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, as well as the scientific discoveries he and his team made along the way. This book is a testament to the human spirit of exploration and discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This well-illustrated 1911 publication, translated from the French, vividly describes the hardships and satisfactions of Antarctic exploration and scientific research in the early twentieth century. The journal entries of expedition leader Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) record daily life aboard ship and out on the ice.