Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia

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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities.By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surroundi
Country USA
Brand Bloomsbury
Manufacturer ABC-CLIO
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 164 Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate 2003-12-11
UnitCount 2
EANs 9781576074220

Country	USA
Brand	Bloomsbury
Manufacturer	ABC-CLIO
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	164 Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate	2003-12-11
UnitCount	2
EANs	9781576074220

Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia

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