Bull´s highly readable account of the expedition, published in 1896, reveals both the scientific and the commercial motivations for early Antarctic exploration. His voyage, financed by Svend Foyn, the inventor of the harpoon gun, was mainly for commercial purposes, to investigate reports of right whales in the Ross Sea. Bull, however, insisted on aiming for Antarctica, despite encountering technical problems after the vessel ran aground, and the preference of the ship´s master for hunting seals to make the trip financially profitable. A part-time scientist on the expedition was Carsten Borchgrevink (1864-1934), who collected the first specimen of vegetation from the Antarctic, and later, with the Southern Cross expedition, set up the first winter base on the continent.
Author/Forfatter:
Henrik Johan Bull
Language/Språk:
English
Pages/Sider:
282
Year/Utgivelsesår:
First published in 1896, this edition 2011
Binding: Paperback
Publisher/Forlag:
Cambridge University Press
