To the Arctic! The story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present / Jeannette Mirsky ; with an introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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100 1# ‡aMirsky, Jeannette.
240 10 ‡aTo the North
245 10 ‡aTo the Arctic! The story of northern exploration from earliest times to the present /‡cJeannette Mirsky ; with an introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
250 ## ‡a[3rd ed.]
260 ## ‡aChicago and London :‡bUniversity of Chicago Press,‡c1970.
300 ## ‡axxv, 334, xviii p. :‡bmap ;‡c22.5 cm.
500 ## ‡aFirst published in 1934 with title To the North.
500 ## ‡aSigned by the author and inscribed to Brian Roberts 15/07/1970.
520 3# ‡aNarrates history of Arctic exploration from time of ancient Greeks to 1940s. Describes weather and resources encountered by explorers, their successes and failures, and role of nationalism in different accounts of Arctic exploration. Includes author's prefaces to 1948 and 1970 editions.
541 0# ‡aRoberts, B.B. (bequest)‡5UkCU-P
650 07 ‡a91(091) -- Exploration, history.‡2udc
650 07 ‡aW -- Expeditions and exploration.‡2local
651 #7 ‡a(*3) -- Arctic regions.‡2udc
651 #7 ‡a(*301) -- North Pole.‡2udc
700 1# ‡aStefansson, Vilhjalmur,‡econtributor.
852 7# ‡2camdept‡bSCO‡cSPRI-SHF‡h(*3) : 91(091)[1970]‡9Create 1 item record‡0Migrate
917 ## ‡aUnenhanced record from Muscat, imported 2019
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