| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction: The Nature of the Place; PART ONE: Ultima Thule; 1. Sea Lungs, Godly Commerce, and Projections; 2. Frizadores for Cathay, and Polar Bears; 3. Fool's Gold, Hooch, and Mutiny; PART TWO: The Myth of the Open Polar Sea; 4. Connubial Fidelity and The Vicar of Wakefield; 5. Open Seas and Closed Minds; 6. Anything Is Good That Don't Poison You; PART THREE: Racing for the Pole; 7. Three Faces of Ambition; 8. Amateurs, Pros, and Cons; 9. From Polar Larks to Canary Watching. |
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PART FOUR: Climate Change and a Whole New Arctic10. The Deicing of the North; 11. Animals: Changing the Guard; 12. Who Owns the Arctic?; 13. The Greenland Example; Illustration Credits; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. |
| Summary |
Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would eventually throw light on this "magical realm" of sunless winters. They follow the explorers from the early journeys of Viking Ottar to the daring exploits of Martin Frobisher, Henry Hudson, Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, and Richard Bird. The second edition features a section entitled & |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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Arctic Regions. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Page, Jake, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Officer, Charles B. Fabulous kingdom. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, c2012 9780199837809 (DLC) 2011049534 (OCoLC)768041907 |
| ISBN |
9780199930777 |
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0199930775 |
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9780199837809 |
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0199837805 |
| Standard No. |
9786613625458 |
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