{"product_id":"below-the-convergence-alan-gurney-9780393329049","title":"Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839","description":"This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the \u003cem\u003eParamore\u003c\/em\u003e to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the \u003cem\u003eEliza Scott\u003c\/em\u003e, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable--often homemade--charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergence, that sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. These men were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant southern island they had imagined but an inhospitable expanse of rock and ice, ringed by pack ice and icebergs: Antarctica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Gurney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393329046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393329049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.58w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2007 pg. 24","brand":"Alan Gurney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980923470079,"sku":"9780393329049","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_627100a9-eff7-4ee3-bd9c-000dbd450070.jpg?v=1683252681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/below-the-convergence-alan-gurney-9780393329049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}