Erebus the Ice Dragon : a portrait of an Antarctic volcano / Colin Monteath.

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Published: Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine-generated: Foreword / Peter Barrett
  • Erebus : son of chaos
  • Antarctica ; carved in ice, forged by fire
  • 'Mountains of Madness' : a continent ringed by fiery islands
  • 'This splendid burning mountain' ; the discovery of Mount Erebus, 1841
  • 'Keeper of the southern gateway' : the first ascent of Mount Erebus, 1908
  • 'Give me Erebus for my friend' : the second ascent, 1912
  • HMS Pemmican sails on Erebus : the third ascent, 1959, and beyond
  • The heartbeat of Erebus : probing the defences of the volcano, 1970s
  • 'No latitude for error' : reflections on the 1979 Ross Island air crash
  • The darkness beckons : Roger Mear's solo winter ascent of Erebus, 1985
  • Scrambles in the heart of the Antarctic : an ascent of Erebus from Cape Royds, 1991
  • Tread lightly in a land of extremophiles : the unique microbial world of Erebus
  • The magma and the mantle : solving the Erebus enigma 1980-2016.. and beyond
  • Shaping a volcano : Erebus and the artistic imagination / Adelle Jackson
  • Erebus chronology
  • Air New Zealand Flight TE
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • About the author
  • Acknowledgements.