Description

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In Two Years Below the Horn, engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during World War II. When mental strain led the operation’s first commander to resign, Taylor—a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience—became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition.
 

About the Author

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P. Whitney Lackenbauer is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario.