This volume covers the history of the exploration of the Arctic, beginning with the earliest Norse sailors and concluding with 1990s tourist excursions. The authors also explore the stories of such famous explorers as Frobisher, Franklin, Peary, Cook, Byrd, and Amudsen. Along the way, they debunk some fo the conventional wisdom about the most exalted heroes, pointing out that Fridtjof Nansen was probably the greatest Arctic explorer. Setting the scene for the narratives is a broad description of the Arctic environment, focusing on geography and climate.
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illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 130 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-512382-1 (9780195123821)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The nature of the place; sea lungs, godly commerce, and projections; 3 Frizadores for Cathayo and the open Polar sea; fool's gold, interest in exploration and historians; Hooch, and mutiny; connubial fidelity, and the Vicar of Wakefield; open seas and closed minds; anything is good that don't poison you; three faces of ambition; amateurs, pros, and cons; from Polar larks to canary-watching.
