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A fabulous kingdom : the exploration of the Arctic /
Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that wou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
[2012]
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction: The Nature of the Place; PART ONE: Ultima Thule; 1. Sea Lungs, Godly Commerce, and Projections; 2. Frizadores for Cathay, and Polar Bears; 3. Fool's Gold, Hooch, and Mutiny; PART TWO: The Myth of the Open Polar Sea; 4. Connubial Fidelity and The Vicar of Wakefield; 5. Open Seas and Closed Minds; 6. Anything Is Good That Don't Poison You; PART THREE: Racing for the Pole; 7. Three Faces of Ambition; 8. Amateurs, Pros, and Cons; 9. From Polar Larks to Canary Watching.
- PART FOUR: Climate Change and a Whole New Arctic10. The Deicing of the North; 11. Animals: Changing the Guard; 12. Who Owns the Arctic?; 13. The Greenland Example; Illustration Credits; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.