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Record #157149:

Fatal north: adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole / Bruce B. Henderson.

Title: Fatal north: adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole / Bruce B. Henderson.
Author(s): Henderson, Bruce B.
Date: 2001.
Publisher: New York: New American Library
Abstract: Account of first American attempt on North Pole, 1871-73, and death of Captain Charles Francis Hall. Includes details of forensic tests on Hall's body, exhumed from grave in Greenland.
Keywords: 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1871-73 Hall.
92 -- Biographies: Hall, Charles Francis.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*301) -- North Pole.
(*38) -- Greenland.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*38) : 91(08)[1871-73]
ISBN: 0451409353
SPRI record no.: 157149

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