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A fabulous kingdom : the exploration of the Arctic
- Title
- A fabulous kingdom : the exploration of the Arctic / Charles Officer, Jake Page.
- Author
- Officer, Charles B.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Page, Jake.
- Description
- xii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Inconstant and forbidding, the Arctic lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries - pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and stamina. A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole in unprecedented detail, chronicling the lives and misconceptions that would eventually throw light on this "magical realm" of sunless winters." "With an account of nineteenth and twentieth century exploration and the longstanding myth of an open polar sea, the authors reconsider the achievements of the conventional arctic pioneers - Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, and Richard Bird. Moreover, they consider the consequences and rewards of human ambition and our perilous desire to conquer the unknown."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-[210]) and index.
- Contents
- The nature of the place -- Sea lungs, godly commerce, and projections -- Frizadores for Cathayo, and the open polar sea -- Fool's gold, 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.
- ISBN
- 0195123824
- 9780195123821
- LCCN
- 00038538
- OCLC
- ocm43798555
- 43798555
- SCSB-1207432
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library