10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROSS SEA»
Discover the use of
Ross Sea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Ross Sea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's
Ross Sea Party
The untold story of the last odyssey of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic endeavor is legend, but for sheer heroism and tragic nobility, nothing compares to the saga of the Ross Sea party.
2
Polar Castaways: The
Ross Sea Party (1914-17) of Sir Ernest ...
After almost ninety years Polar Castaways finally tells that story, filling one of the major gaps in the history of the "heroic era' of polar exploration.
Richard McElrea, David L. Harrowfield, 2004
3
The Last Ocean: Antarctica's
Ross Sea Project - Saving the ...
A collection of photographs depicts life in and around the world's last pristine ocean and reveals how industrial vessels in search of Antarctic toothfish have threatened this ecosystem.
4
Biogeochemistry of the
Ross Sea
The US Joint Global Flux Study (JGOFS) programs' Antarctic Environment and
Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS) conducted 4 major oceanographic
expeditions in the Ross Sea from 1996-1998 along 76.5° S. During this same
time ...
Giacomo R. DiTullio, Robert B. Dunbar, 2003
5
Upper Ocean Physical and Ecological Dynamics in the
Ross ...
This dissertation examines several aspects of the unique physical-biological system that controls biogeochemical cycling in the Ross Sea, the largest continental shelf sea along the Antarctic margin and the most biologically productive ...
Matthew Charles Long, 2010
6
Oceanography of the
Ross Sea, Antarctica
"This volume provides an overview of recent observation results in Antarctica and particularly the Ross Sea. A general description of the oceanography in the area is given.
Giancarlo Spezie, Giuseppe M. R. Manzella, 1999
7
The fauna of the
Ross Sea
All copepod records in or near the Ross Sea have been tabulated (Table 1).
Even though Wolfenden (1908) does not usually state where his specimens
come from, because most of his samples came from “Winter Quarters” in the Ross
Sea, ...
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1971
8
Geological Evolution of Antarctica
Crustal extension and origin of sedimentary basins beneath the Ross Sea and
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica A.K. COOPER1, F.J. DAVEY2, & K. HINZ3 / US
Geological Survey, 345 Middle field Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. USA 2
Geophysics ...
Michael Robert Alexander Thomson, J. Alistair Crame, Janet W. Thomson, 1991
9
Biology of the Southern Ocean, Second Edition
A third frontal zone, the Antarctic Slope Front, lies over the edge of the continental
shelf in the southern Ross Sea (Ainley and Jacobs 1981; Jacobs 1991) and it is
centered 10—45 km seaward of the shelf break, placing it just south of the 1,000
...
10
Antarctic Climate Evolution
Lateral moraines deposited by the many glaciers flowing through the
Transantarctic Mountains and into the Ross Sea during the LGM have very
similar profiles. These moraines are located high above the present day ice
surface at the feet of ...
Fabio Florindo, Martin Siegert, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROSS SEA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Ross Sea is used in the context of the following news items.
Ice age emperor penguins hit hard by the cold : study
Sydney (AFP) - Antarctica's Ross Sea has been a rare safe haven for emperor penguins for thousands of years, even when temperatures were too harsh for their ... «Business Insider, Mar 15»
Lewis Pugh to undertake 'world's most dangerous swim' in Antarctic …
The Ross Sea, located in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, contains species found nowhere else in the world and is almost completely free from pollution. «The Independent, Feb 15»
Russia and China blamed for blocking Antarctic marine reserve
Another year, another failed attempt to protect a significant chunk of the Ross Sea, which sits off the coast of Antarctica. According to observers, efforts to create ... «Mongabay.com, Nov 14»
China and Russia Said to Block Creation of Antarctic Marine Reserves
The United States and New Zealand had jointly proposed the creation of a 500,000-square-mile reserve in the Ross Sea, in the hopes of alleviating pressure on ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice Growing?
Map of Antarctica and its land ice sheets showing Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea (at the bottom) where temperatures were particularly low in 2014. Also shows ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Oct 14»
NZ scientists examine giant squid caught in Antarctica' Ross Sea
It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature ... «MercoPress, Sep 14»
Computer model predicts vastly different ecosystem in Antarctica's …
The Ross Sea, a major, biologically productive Antarctic ecosystem, "clearly will be extensively modified by future climate change" in the coming decades as ... «National Science Foundation, Feb 14»
Sea Shepherd Locates Japanese Whale Poaching Fleet in Ross …
Sea Shepherd vessels have again located the Japanese whaling fleet in the Ross Sea area near Antarctica, disrupting whaling and are on course to intercept ... «Bay Area Indymedia, Feb 14»
Japanese whaling ship 'rams' Sea Shepherd
Japanese whaling ship 'rams' Sea Shepherd ... turn, with claims Japanese ships attempted to sabotage Sea Shepherd vessels in the ice-strewn Ross Sea. «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 14»
100-year-old negatives from the Ross Sea Party found in Antarctica
New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust has announced an exciting find: 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives discovered inside Captain Robert ... «io9, Dec 13»
