Ebook: Ordeal by ice: ships of the Antarctic

First encounters with the Southern Ocean -- Into the ice with Resolution -- The South Sheltland 'Seal Rush' and the 'First' discovery of Antarctica -- The threshold of the Continent -- The dawn of the 'Heroic Age' -- Nationalism and the Antarctic 'Exploration Rush' -- Triumph and tragedy: the race to the South Pole -- The aftermath of the South Polar obsession -- Commercial whaling and territorial claims -- The changing role of ships -- A new era in a 'Continent for Science' -- Whalers, scientists and tourist.