Polar Reaches : The History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration,9780898868739

Polar Reaches : The History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration

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ISBN13: 9780898868739
ISBN10: 0898868734
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): Mountaineers Books
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Table of Contents

Introduction 6(6)
The Arctic
12(134)
Before the heroes came
12(7)
Passages to Cathay
19(56)
Explorers in the west
75(25)
Explorers in the east
100(6)
Striving for the pole
106(40)
Antarctica
146(74)
Before the heroes came
146(6)
Hunters in the south
152(5)
Science heads south
157(12)
Striving for the pole
169(51)
Selected bibliography 220(3)
Index 223

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