[PDF.18aj] Ninety degrees north: the quest for the North Pole

Ninety degrees north: the quest for the North Pole

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 | #17297922 in Books |  GRANTA BOOKS |  2001 | Format: Import | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Another winner from Fergie Fleming.|By Frank J. O'Connor|Fleming has made this territory (arctic exploration) his own. He writes fluently, shrewdly and often wittily. While he celebrates the heroism of these men, he is not afraid to view their motivations with a jaundiced eye and delights in the politics and controversies as much as in the gripping stories of the harrowing trek|From Publishers Weekly|Whether it was believed to be surrounded by a vast, temperate sea that would facilitate speedy trade between the West and the Orient or, by one fanciful account, the gateway to a subterranean universe of wonder, there is no doubt that the

Fergus Fleming's captivating histories have taken us to the Alps, to the high seas, and to the heights of human endeavor. Now the acclaimed author of Barrow's Boys and Killing Dragons -- a New York Times Notable Book -- relates the epic story of the men who stopped at nothing to unravel the mysteries of the North Pole. In the nineteenth century, theories about the North Pole ran rampant. Was it an open sea? Was it a portal to new worlds within the globe? Or was it just a...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Ninety degrees north: the quest for the North Pole   |  Fergus FLEMING. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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