A history of the Arctic : nature, exploration and exploitation /

"Bitter cold and constant snow. Polar bears, seals, and killer whales. Victor Frankenstein chasing his monstrous creation across icy terrain in a dogsled. The arctic calls to mind a myriad different images. Consisting of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, the United States, Russia, Greenland...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCannon, John, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Temas:
Geopolitics > Arctic regions.
Arctic peoples.
Climatic changes > Arctic regions.
Natural resources > Arctic regions > Management.
Géopolitique > Arctique.
Peuples de l'Arctique.
Climat > Changements > Arctique.
Ressources naturelles > Arctique > Gestion.
HISTORY > Polar Regions.
Arctic peoples
Climatic changes
Climatology
Discoveries in geography
Ecology
Geopolitics
Natural resources > Management
Arctic regions > History.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > History.
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions > Climate.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Arctique > Histoire.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
Arctique > Conditions environnementales.
Arctique > Climat.
Arctic Regions
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins : introduction and environmental overview
  • Encounters : prehistory and early history to 1500 CE
  • Incursions : 1500 to 1800
  • Crusades : 1800 to 1914
  • Subjugations : 1914 to 1945
  • Contaminations : 1945 to 1991
  • Extinctions? : 1991 to the present.

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