Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. 12. 2003 - Počet stran: 797 Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
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... Inuit with more detailed knowledge of the dead men . From them , he learned that a group of Inuit had met about forty white men on the southern coast of King William Island . The men were clearly starving and were overjoyed to be able ...
... Inuit from those visiting the HBC post to trade . Almost unique among their people , the Caribou Inuit were not hunters of marine mammals inhabit- ing the coast but lived inland , where caribou provided their chief means of subsistence ...
... Inuit far out on the ice on 12 May . Again , they received a warm welcome . Through the whalers , these Inuit had some knowledge of white men . Ste- fansson had planned to continue on to Banks Island , but he now learned that it was ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
Fiala Anthony 18691950 222 | 395 |
Malygin Stepan d 1764 | 399 |
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