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From Aftenposten 10 September 1912, photo reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Norway, Oslo: p. 158; Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand: pp. 68 (Box 11, ref. PAColl-6504-44), 78 (Ref. Eph-F-ANTARCTICA-1930-01 – Admiral Byrd’s South Pole Game; Reg. U.S. Patent Office. Parker Bros Inc.); Roald Amundsen, Sydpolen, vol. II (Kristiania, 1912), courtesy of National Library of Norway, Oslo: p. 57; from Victor Appleton II, Tom Swift and his Atomic Earth Blaster, illus. J. Graham Kaye (New York, 1954): p. 49; courtesy of the Australian Antarctic Division © Commonwealth of Australia: pp. 6 (February 2007), 139 (November 2008); Australian Antarctic Territory stamp images © Australian Postal Corporation: p. 146 (lower pair of images); photo Forest Banks, courtesy of National Science Foundation: p. 88; photo Alberto Behar (PhD) – NASA/ JPL/Caltech/NSF: p. 129; Andreas Bloch, Norges flag plantet paa Sydpolen 13/12/1911 – Mittet & Co. Kunstforlag, Wilse Foto Eneret – courtesy of Norwegian National Library, Oslo: p. 141; courtesy of Phillipe Boissonnet: pp. 38–9; photo Dale Budd, courtesy of David Burke: p. 63; photo Gary Burns: p. 144; photos © Wai-Yin (Wilson) Cheung: pp. 93, 100–101, 108–9, 113, 116, 119, 175, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196–7; © Paul Coldwell: p. 172; image by Davepape using public domain NASA Blue Marble data: p. 26; NASA /Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio [Blue Marble data courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC)]: p. 126; Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation: p. 86, 102 (top); photos Jeremy Dillon, courtesy of Kirsten Haydon: pp. 154 (top), 155; ESO (European Southern Observatory)/F. Char: p. 19; from Wolcott Gibbs, Bird Life at the Pole (New York, 1931): p. 176; from Joseph Hall, Mundus alter et idem: sive Terra Australis antehac semper incognita … (Vltraiecti [Utrecht], 1643), courtesy of the Rare Books Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne: p. 46; photo Helmer Hanssen, Courtesy of National Library of Norway (bldsa_NPRA0534): p. 14 (top); from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. LXV/389 (October 1882): p. 35; photo Jan Haug, The Royal Court, Oslo: p. 13 (bottom left); photo Weeks Heist: p. 103; photo Patrick Hovey, National Science Foundation: p. 128; photos James Dana Hrubes: pp. 104, 131, 132; from Jules S. C. Dumont d’Urville, Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les corvettes l’ Astrolabe et la Zélée: exécuté […] pendant les années 1837–1840, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d’Urville …, vol. I (Paris, 1842), photo Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS, courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/U.S. Department of Commerce: p. 58; from William Earl Johns, Biggles Breaks the Silence, illus. Leslie Stead (London, 1948): p. 48; from W.H.G. Kingston, At the South Pole (London, 1882): p. 52; courtesy of Stuart Klipper: p. 164; © An-My Lê, courtesy Murray Guy, New York: p. 165; photos Library of Congress, Washington, DC: pp. 65, 66 (from Puck, vol. LXVI/1702, 13 October 1909); photo Jürgen Lübeck: p. 184; photo by Bill McAfee, National Science Foundation: p. 111; photo courtesy of Frederick McDougall: p. 182; photos Marie McLane: pp. 87, 170–71; Mercator Map of the World, by Ernest Dudley Chase (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931) – used by permission, all rights reserved – Image courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com: p. 29; photos Dale M. Molé: pp. 89, 120, 130; photo Steve Morgan/Green peace: p. 147; photos Damian Murphy: pp. 116–17, 118; images courtesy NASA: pp. 43, 114, 122–3; photos National Library of Australia, Canberra: pp. 16 (Party at the South Pole, 18 January 1912 – nla.pic-vn4087833), 157 top (Olav Bjaaland, The Successful Explorers at the South Pole, 14th December 1911 – nla.pic-an23814300); National Library of Norway, Oslo: pp. 13 – top and bottom right (NB Ms.4° 2730), 14 top (bldsa_ npra0524); National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh: p. 71; photo National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket), Stockholm, courtesy Christer Rohman: p. 79 (right); photo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce: p. 85; image Dennis Nilsson, including a public domain image from NASA– licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license – any reader is free to share – to copy, distribute and transmit this composite work, or to remix – to adapt this composite work, under the following condition of attribution – you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work): p. 21; NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center, December 2005 – Pole Location Data from UFM and IGRF-10 Magnetic Field Model: p. 24; © Anne Noble: pp. 168, 169, 187; photo courtesy of Alice O’Connor, supplied by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder: p. 105; from Parade, 14 October 1956, reproduced courtesy of Sandra Scott: p. 153; photo Joe Phillips, National Science Foundation: p. 148; courtesy of Posten Norge: p. 146 (upper pair of images); private collection – Photo © Agnew’s, London/Bridgeman Images: p. 162; Nicolle Rager-Fuller, National Science Foundation: p. 99; from James Clark Ross, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions during the years 1839–43 …, vol. II (London, 1847): p. 59; courtesy the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers): pp. 64, 79 (left), 157 (bottom); © Connie Samaras: pp. 166, 167; photo Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder: p. 95; photo Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder: p. 135; photo Liesl Schernthanner, National Science Foundation: p. 17; photo © Darryn Schneider/Dreamstime.com: p. 177; photo Robert Schwarz: p. 102 (foot); © Pierre R. Schwob – By Permission: p. 9; Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge: pp. 69, 72, 115, 154 (foot), 159; Courtesy the Shell Art Collection/Shell Brands International AG: p. 70; photo courtesy Geoff Somers: p. 186; from The Sphere 23 December 1911 (photo © British Library Board): p. 15; image courtesy of Andy Smith – originally published in Kari Herbert and Huw Lewis-Jones, In Search of the South Pole (London: Conway, 2011): p. 42; courtesy of Bill Spindler: p. 14 (bottom); from Gordon Stables, In the Great White Land: A Tale of the Antarctic Ocean, illus. Ambrose de Walton (London, n. d. [1st edn 1903]): p. 53; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney: pp. 30 (Call no. MRB/X910/10), 31 (Call no. MRB/Q878.9/M), 32 (Call no. Q53/2); courtesy of the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide: p. 62; photo Craig Stevens, courtesy of National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research (NIWA), New Zealand: pp. 106–7; photo Deven Stross, National Science Foundation: p. 145; courtesy of Rupert Summerson: p. 150; from Tidens Tegn, reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Norway, Oslo: pp. 8 (9 March 1912), 156 (16 May 1912); photo Stein Tronstad, courtesy of Norwegian Polar Institute: p. 151; photo Francis Vallance, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license – any reader is free to share – to copy, distribute and transmit this work, or to remix – to adapt this work – under the following condition of attribution – you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work): p. 74; from Jules Verne, Vingt mille mieues sous les mers (Paris, 1870): p. 45; photo Keith Vanderlinde / University of Toronto: p. 110; photo RADM David F. (Kelly) Welch, courtesy of Bill Spindler: p. 90; Richard Williams: pp. 41, 56, 76, 77.