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The North Pole : a narrative history

by Anthony Brandt

Drawing on National Geographic Society archives, this anthology chronicles the international race to the North Pole. It features diaries, logs and letters documenting the extreme hardships, mutinies and disasters endured by explorers over four centuries.

Accession 21533 ISBN 0792274113 Publisher National Geographic
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