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MARC recordGreat adventures and explorations, from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves / Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Olive Rathburn Wilcox, eds.
| Title: | Great adventures and explorations, from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves / Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Olive Rathburn Wilcox, eds. |
| Author(s): | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, Wilcox, Olive Rathburn, |
| Date: | 1947. |
| Publisher: | New York: Dial Press |
| Abstract: | Includes chapters on polar exploration at various times, from the voyage of Pytheas to the attainment of the South Pole. Second edition, substantially the same, published 1948, London, Robert Hale Ltd. Third edition, substantially the same published 1952, New York, Dial Press. |
| Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*2) : 91(091)[1947] |
| SPRI record no.: | 20722 |
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