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100 1  Robinson, Michael F.|q(Michael Frederick),|d1966-|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005060594 
245 14 The coldest crucible :|bArctic exploration and American 
       culture /|cMichael F. Robinson. 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press,|c2006. 
300    1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) :|billustrations, map 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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377  7 |lAmericans language|2lcsh 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and 
       index. 
505 0  Building an Arctic tradition -- A man of science and 
       humanity : Elisha Kent Kane -- An Arctic divided : Isaac 
       Hayes and Charles Hall -- Dying like men : Adolphus Greely
       -- The new machines : Walter Wellman and Robert Peary -- 
       Savage campaigns : Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. 
520    In the late 1800s, "Arctic Fever" swept across the nation 
       as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the 
       Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to 
       stand at the North Pole. Few of these missions were 
       successful, and many men lost their lives en route. Yet 
       failure did little to dampen the enthusiasm of new 
       explorers or the crowds at home that cheered them on. 
       Arctic exploration, Michael F. Robinson argues, was an 
       activity that unfolded in America as much as it did in the
       wintry hinterland. Paying particular attention to the 
       perils facing explorers at home, The Coldest Crucibl. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
648  7 19th century|2fast 
648  7 Geschichte 1800-1900|2swd 
648  7 1800 - 1899|2fast 
650  0 Explorers|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh91004412|xHistory|y19th century.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 
650  0 Scientists|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85118700|xHistory|y19th century.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 
650  0 Science|zUnited States|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2008111355|y19th century.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 
650  7 Discoveries in geography.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/894950 
650  7 Explorers.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/918556 
650  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 
650  7 Scientists.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108895 
650  7 Science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108176 
651  0 Arctic regions|xDiscovery and exploration|xAmerican.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006959 
651  7 Arctic Regions.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1240227 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
655  0 Electronic books|xHistory. 
655  4 Electronic books. 
655  4 Electronic books|xHistory. 
655  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aRobinson, Michael F. (Michael Frederick),
       1966-|tColdest crucible.|dChicago : University of Chicago 
       Press, 2006|z0226721841|w(DLC)  2005023250
       |w(OCoLC)61285549 
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