The most important person in Antarctica's history
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2013 · Education
Beyond the epic quests to discover Antarctica lies a greater person in its history, argues David Day, author of Antarctica: A Biography. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/antarctica-9780199861453?cc=us&lang=en& Author Bio: David Day has been a research fellow at Clare College in Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, the University of Aberdeen, and the Center for Pacific and American Studies at the University of Tokyo. He is currently a research associate at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He is the author of many books, including Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others and the award-winning Claiming a Continent: A History of Australia. © Oxford University Press
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