North Pole, South Pole Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
Remote, unpeopled, forbidding; the Poles were the last parts of the earth to be reached by man, and still exert a powerful hold on the imagination. In the 16th century the search for the legendary North West Passage claimed many lives. The North Pole proved after all to be an icebound spot in a froz...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Thames and Hudson
1992
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| Series: | New horizons
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Add Tag | Summary: | Remote, unpeopled, forbidding; the Poles were the last parts of the earth to be reached by man, and still exert a powerful hold on the imagination. In the 16th century the search for the legendary North West Passage claimed many lives. The North Pole proved after all to be an icebound spot in a frozen sea; yet Antarctica is a land mass with its own beauty, the scene of Scott's tragic failure and Amundsen's final victory. Today this, the world's last untouched wilderness, is under threat; but the nations are finally uniting to protect its white wastes. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 191 pages some colour illustrations 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 0500300100 |
The poles