Research Catalog

Title

A fabulous kingdom : the exploration of the Arctic / Charles Officer, Jake Page.

Author

Officer, Charles B.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Page, Jake

Description

x, 220 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"The second edition of A Fabulous Kingdom will explain the history of the arctic and describe the current scientific and environmental issues that threaten this fascinating region"--Provided by publisher.

Uniform Title

University press scholarship online.

Subject

• NATURE / Ecology
• HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Prologue: the Nature of the Place -- PART ONE: Ultima Thule -- Chapter One: Sea Lungs, Godly Commerce, and Projections -- Chapter Two:Frizadores for Cathay and Polar Bears -- Chapter Three: Fool's Gold, Hooch, and Mutiny -- PART TWO: The Myth of the Open Polar Sea -- Chapter Four: Connubial Fidelity and the Vicar of Wakefield -- Chapter Five: Open Seas and Closed Minds -- Chapter Six: Anything is Good that Don't Poison You -- PART THREE: Racing for the Pole -- Chapter Seven: Three Faces of Ambition -- Chapter Eight: Amateurs, Pros, and Cons -- Chapter Nine: From Polar Larks to Canary-Watching -- PART FOUR: The New Arctic -- Chapter Ten: Albedo, Winds, and Other Culprits -- Chapter Eleven: Animals: Changing the Guard -- Chapter Twelve: Boom and Bust on the New Frontier -- Chapter Thirteen: Who Owns the Arctic? -- Chapter Fourteen: Global Predictions.

ISBN

• 9780199837809 (pbk.)
• 0199837805 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011049534

OCLC

• 768041907
• SCSB-12206533

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library