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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 the Second World War When mental strain led the operations first commander to resign Taylora military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experiencebecame the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition As commander of the operation Taylor oversaw construction of the first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Hope Bay From there he led fourman teams on two epic sledging journeys around James Ross Islandovercoming arduous conditions and correcting cartographic mistakes made by previous explorers The editors detailed afterword draws on Taylors extensive personal papers to highlight Taylors achievements and document his significant contributions to polar science
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