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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Troubetzkoy, Alexis S., 1934-     Subjects     Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.     Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration     Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration     Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.     Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.     Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects     Browse Catalog     by author:      Troubetzkoy, Alexis S., 1934-       by title:      Arctic obsession : t...       by call number:      919.804 T859a     Search the Web     Troubetzkoy, Alexis S., 1934-     Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.     Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration     Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration     Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.     Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.     Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects       MARC Display

Arctic obsession : the lure of the far north / Alexis S. Troubetzkoy. by Troubetzkoy, Alexis S., 1934- Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, c2011. Call #: 919.804 T859a Subjects Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.   Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.   Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration   Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration   Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.   Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.   Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects ISBN:  9780312625030 (hc.) 0312625030 (hc.) Alternate title:  Lure of the far north Description:  302 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-295) and index. Contents:  The song of the siren -- Introduction. The Arctic : who is she? -- Earliest explorations -- Eastern thrusts to Cathay -- First western thrusts -- The Hudson tragedy -- A Dane at Hudson Bay -- Russians in the Arctic -- The Franklin tragedy -- Americans of the Arctic -- The Scandinavians -- Canary in the cage -- People and politics. Summary:  The epic history of the explorers and adventurers who risked--and sometimes lost--their lives in the quest to conquer and claim the Arctic. Ever since approximately 325 BC, the Arctic has been the backdrop for tales of triumph and disaster, of hardship and horrors endured by those who were drawn to the northern latitudes. For centuries the major world powers sponsored teams of explorers seeking trade routes as well as the chance to claim new territories. These commercial interests brought them into contact with natives, who at first saw white crews die in the forbidding landscape they called home, only to succumb later themselves to disease, alcohol, and the drastic environmental changes wrought by global trade. At a time when global warming is drastically altering the region, Arctic Obsession chronicles an age when the Arctic remained one of the last unconquered places on Earth.--From publisher description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.804 T859a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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