Ice in the rigging : ships of the Antarctic, 1699-1937 /E.A. (Ted) Mitchener ; edited by Peter Boyer and Graeme Broxam.

"Throughout much of the time Antarctica has been known to humanity, ships, especially sailing ships, were the only way of reaching the frozen continent. Ice in the Rigging, published by the Maritime Museum of Tasmania in August 2015, tells gripping stories of these ships and those who sailed them on the roughest maritime assignment of all. It is easy to forget the extreme hazards faced by the early venturers in this icy wilderness since the romantic age of sail has been overtaken by modern ice-class vessels. Ice in the Rigging brings to life those early days in one well-researched comprehensive volume."--Provided by the publisher.