Antarctic Conquest

Antarctic Conquest

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author = Finn Ronne
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = Exploration
publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons
release_date = 1949
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
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"Antarctic Conquest: the Story of the Ronne Expedition of 1946-1948" is a 1949 science book by Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne and science fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The role of de Camp, who was commissioned as a ghost writer to recast Ronne's manuscript into publishable form, is uncredited. Ronne's working title was reportedly "Conquering the Antarctic".

The book relates the story of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.

References

*cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=26 | date=1983


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